Pardell-Alentá H
Secretario Ejecutivo del Consejo Catalán de Formación Médica Continuada, Barcelona, Espana.
Rev Neurol. 2008;46(4):225-9.
The concept of 'andragogy' is the basis of the adult education which is different from pedagogy in several aspects, particularly in the autonomy of the adult learner in choosing the educational programmes and the methodologies and sites in where learning occurs. This happens very often in the worksite. The professionals have to learn permanently during their active lives in order to maintain their competence updated. In this sense, continuing education correlates with continuing professional development, which is an attempt to enlarge the traditional domains of continuing education. Continuing education must be clearly differentiated from formal education, which is a requirement for granting professional degrees or titles. Very often it arises from the changing health needs and for this reason is necessary to avoid the institutionalization of continuing education programmes.
Professional associations should be actively involved in providing and accrediting continuing education-continuing professional development programmes, because this involvement is an essential component of the professionals' self-regulation in the context of the current medical professionalism ideology.
“成人教育法”的概念是成人教育的基础，它在几个方面不同于儿童教育法，特别是在成人学习者自主选择教育课程、方法和学习地点方面。这种情况在工作场所经常发生。专业人员在其职业生涯中必须不断学习，以保持其能力与时俱进。从这个意义上说，继续教育与持续专业发展相关，后者是扩大继续教育传统领域的一种尝试。继续教育必须与正规教育明确区分开来，正规教育是授予专业学位或头衔的必要条件。继续教育往往源于不断变化的健康需求，因此有必要避免继续教育项目的制度化。
专业协会应积极参与提供和认证继续教育——持续专业发展项目，因为这种参与是当前医学职业精神意识形态背景下专业人员自我监管的重要组成部分。
