In future work, it will be necessary to assess changes in the learning environment over time, to examine the factors most responsible for differences perceived in the learning environments, and to ensure that positive learning environments lead to improved professional development and clinical competence.
In terms of its educational function, the study has implications for defining professional standards, designing training programs and ongoing professional development requirements, developing professional learning theory, and improving practitioner competence and client outcomes.
They also mentioned leadership, organizing and planning, scientific ability, professional development and empathy as competences of a physician.
It also has broader implications for continuing professional development and maintenance of competence and quality assurance in specialist practice.
Reflection has been cited as an effective method of providing evidence of professional development, learning and continued competence.
One interpretation may be that competence and professional development are closely intertwined with the local organization of work.
One finding is that, based on the judgments of the physicians, the candidates from a VI curriculum scored better on the facet of competence "active professional development".
Graduates from a VI curriculum received significantly higher scores by the physicians for the facet of competence "active professional development", with features like 'reflection' and 'asking for feedback'.
Secondly, from the perspective of teacher professional development, it expands their capacity and develops their competence in enacting this new or improved curriculum in the classroom.
Health professional boards worldwide are increasingly requiring practitioners to demonstrate their engagement with continuing professional development (CPD) in order to maintain competence in light of the ever-changing scope of practice and technological advances in the medical sciences.
Since the early Eighties a number of studies and reviews have demonstrated the positive influence of continuing medical education (CME) as well as continuing professional development (CPD) on physicians' knowledge and competence [ 2, 3].
