Local Matters: Best Practices in Global Continuing Health Professions Education

Session Description: When developing continuing health professions education for global audiences, it is critical that planners take purposeful action to understand the learners and the context of the environment in which they practice, and where the education will take place. This session will use a workshop approach to engage participants in employing a strategic and mindful approach when considering the development of global CPD activities.

An imperative for well-designed global continuing healthcare professions education is ensuring that the education is targeted appropriately by consideration of the local context of care roles and the needs of healthcare professionals in these environments. The overarching aim of this session is aligned with the Annual Meeting theme, as consideration of global perspectives, environments and needs for CPD activities will drive expanded possibilities for impactful and engaging education to be conducted globally by the Alliance community.

Considerations for CPD planners when designing global health professions education that will be discussed in the expert-facilitated session include:

The importance and role of a local collaborator for planning global CPD activities

The stakeholders that are necessary to involve in planning, to ensure education is

targeted to address local needs

The practice environment and the function of the healthcare professional’s role within the local clinical team

The underlying drivers of clinical gaps at the local level and what sources are available to use to understand and define these gaps

The language or cultural considerations when planning education to close identified clinical gaps

This workshop will equip participants to consider the role and needs of healthcare professionals in their localized context of care, when planning education for an ex-US audience.