Discusses the collaborative relationships between continuing education providers and the military services. Presents a general discussion of basic organizational and administrative principles for application to individual institutional settings. (JOW)

Three proposals developed from concerns in the 1960s about the effectiveness of continuing medical education are discussed: a national plan, a process program model based on identified physician needs, and use of mandatory continuing education in relicensing/recertification. Problems are considered, and recommendations for changes are summarized.…

These proceedings contain twenty-one presentations made at the Second Annual Conference of the Council on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). The opening speeches--Introduction to the CEU and Future Directions for a Learning Society--are followed by the panel discussion presentation, The CEU: Can It Withstand Scrutiny?, and two respondent…

Offers a brief description of 10 program development models for continuing education. They include models for design, planning, positioning, entrepreneurship, cognition, learning, politics, culture, environment, and configuration. (JOW)

Continuing professional education has evolved from a focus on technical competence to a broader view of reflective practice. An example from pharmacy demonstrates ways to fulfill the leadership challenge of rethinking the role of the professional via active learning. (SK)

The concept of self-directed learning is examined from five vantage points: definition, importance, categories, characteristics of learners and activities, and implications for continuing medical education and program planning. (SK)

Notes few continuing education opportunities for broadcast journalists. Discusses how programs have overcome some of the obstacles to access to continuing professional education. (HTH)

Presents arguments supporting education's role in career mobility and outlines a process for developing a career mobility plan. (SK)

To create imaginative, useful courses for adults, continuing education programers should remember that promotion follows programing. The keys to success are the professionalization of the programer, and a combination of inspiration, experience, commitment, and attention to detail. (SK)

Suggests a model to identify variables and measure influence upon the management of a continuing education department. Identifies relevant variables and suggests methods for measuring variables quantitatively. Includes responses from two adult educators operating in a university continuing education program. (JOW)

Awarding continuing education units (CEUs) can offer ongoing benefits to a company, institution, or training group at relatively little cost. A company offering CEUs may be able to help employees complete their college degrees and set long-range goals. (JOW)

Five indicators of failure suggest mistakes in program design or delivery: aborted planning, insufficient enrollment, negative reactions, unattained objectives, and incomplete transfer of learning. Learning from these mistakes requires deliberate reflection and systematic analysis. (SK)

This publication contains addresses on continuing professional education given at a conference at the University of Calgary (Canada) in October, 1980. Themes of the conference speakers included the need for continuing professional education and the content and delivery of such education. In an opening address, J. Roby Kidd discussed the meaning of…

Successful continuing professional education programs require that the learners be involved in design and implementation. Program planning and advisory committees are one means of ensuring the participation of adult learners and of meeting their needs. (SK)

A review of the European Union's adult continuing education (ACE) and training policies concludes that most national systems of ACE are already multifaceted and flexible; the European Union's policy focus on economic growth and competitiveness intensifies environmental degradation and economic inequities; and European Union financial support may…