McMahon Graham T
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, USA.
J Eur CME. 2021 Nov 11;10(1):1993432. doi: 10.1080/21614083.2021.1993432. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed healthcare systems - including CPD learning environments - around the world. Rarely has there been a time in recent history when almost the entire healthcare profession urgently needed to learn new skills. At the same time, education providers endured new personal and professional stressors. In the US, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education shifted its position from regulator to facilitator to give CPD providers the guidance, resources, and flexibility that would empower them to help healthcare professionals respond to the pandemic. Despite unprecedented challenges, the CPD community rapidly shifted from live to virtual learning environments to offer critical training, significantly increasing engagement with clinicians and teams, and demonstrating that CPD is an important part of the solution. As the healthcare system continues to undergo stress, it is important that institutional and health system leaders appropriately resource CPD programmes, enabling them to address evolving pandemic-related issues. Regulatory bodies in the CPD sphere should continue to take a leadership role on three fronts: facilitating innovation in education design and delivery; evolving data-reporting systems to reduce burdens on clinicians; and standing up for science by countering medical misinformation and ensuring that education provides valid content.
新冠疫情改变了全球的医疗体系，包括继续职业发展（CPD）学习环境。近代史上几乎很少有这样一个时期，几乎整个医疗行业都迫切需要学习新技能。与此同时，教育提供者承受着新的个人和职业压力源。在美国，继续医学教育认证委员会将其立场从监管者转变为促进者，为CPD提供者提供指导、资源和灵活性，使他们能够帮助医疗专业人员应对疫情。尽管面临前所未有的挑战，CPD群体迅速从面对面学习环境转向虚拟学习环境，以提供关键培训，显著提高了与临床医生和团队的互动，并表明CPD是解决方案的重要组成部分。随着医疗系统持续承受压力，机构和卫生系统领导者为CPD项目提供适当资源非常重要，使它们能够应对不断演变的与疫情相关的问题。CPD领域的监管机构应继续在三个方面发挥领导作用：促进教育设计和交付方面的创新；改进数据报告系统以减轻临床医生的负担；通过对抗医学错误信息并确保教育提供有效内容来捍卫科学。
