Cusick Anne, Convey Monica, Novak Iona, McIntyre Sarah
College of Health and Science, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Aust Occup Ther J. 2009 Aug;56(4):229-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2008.00745.x.
To critically assess and develop recommendations for professional development (PD) for occupational therapists in a multisite specialist cerebral palsy occupational therapy service.
Quality improvement project based on principles of participatory action research: audit of PD resources/activity; stakeholder consultations and literature review.
The PD program goal, resources, strategies, activities and evaluations conducted at the centre were identified and described. Areas for improvement were identified by critically considering the PD program in the context of reviewed literature. There was an assumption that personal change through PD would help attain the organisational goal of clinically competent practitioners who use evidence-based practice in a family-centred context.
Future PD plans and evaluations need to explicitly address this assumption. The use of structured reflection and the 'clinical reasoning' conceptual framework was recommended as one way to help personal change from PD to have workplace impact. This project provides a precedent and guide to occupational therapy PD planners regarding a whole-of-organisation approach to developing and maintaining competence through PD.
对多地点专科脑瘫职业治疗服务中职业治疗师的专业发展（PD）进行批判性评估并提出相关建议。
基于参与式行动研究原则的质量改进项目：审核专业发展资源/活动；开展利益相关者咨询并进行文献综述。
确定并描述了该中心开展的专业发展项目的目标、资源、策略、活动及评估。通过结合文献综述对专业发展项目进行批判性思考，确定了有待改进的领域。有一种假设认为，通过专业发展实现的个人改变将有助于实现组织目标，即培养出在以家庭为中心的环境中运用循证实践的临床能力出众的从业者。
未来的专业发展计划和评估需要明确阐述这一假设。建议采用结构化反思和“临床推理”概念框架，作为帮助专业发展带来的个人改变在工作场所产生影响的一种方式。该项目为职业治疗专业发展规划者提供了一个先例和指南，介绍了通过专业发展培养和维持能力的全组织方法。
