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Appendix B: Background Paper for a Workshop on Exploring a Business Case for High-Value Continuing Professional Development
Pages 83-86

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... Conversely, CPD embraces a wider array of learning formats and methods that are learner driven. Countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and those within the European Union have embraced CPD as a way of "maintaining, improving, and broadening knowledge and skill throughout one's professional life." It focuses on individual performance improvement that might drive quality and safety in a clinical environment and the health and well-being of populations in a public health setting.
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... Of note is that a business case may not demonstrate a financial return, but the value shown to its users may tip the balance so the decision is made to move forward with the business case despite the unlikely positive financial return. In addition, maintaining ethical standards of providers and financers of CPD is essential for guarding against potential conflicts of interest.
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... . Cost-effectiveness analysis refers to the evaluation of two or more alternative educational approaches or interventions according to their costs and their effects in producing a certain outcome (Walsh et al., 2013)
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... 2015. The new equation of American health care.
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