Lifelong learning: reflections of a junior doctor
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this paper is investigate the importance of lifelong learning in the area of medicine.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper examines changes in methods of learning and challenges to educators today.
Findings
The paper finds that today there is a pressure for the formalized accounting of education with a few high profile cases of negligent medical care which have perhaps created the belief that recording learning for all may catch errant doctors in the future. It is suggested that learning risks becoming an exercise in meeting demands, but inspiring the desire to learn is also crucial.
Originality/value
The paper provides a useful opinion on lifelong learning for the medical profession.
Keywords
Citation
Williams, M.A. (2007), "Lifelong learning: reflections of a junior doctor", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777280710758808
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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