Why should we continue to learn?

摘要

The World is changing and medical practice with it. Society expects healthcare workers not only to have knowledge and skills but to be competent, professional and up to date through life-long learning.Formal under-graduate and post-graduate education prepares us with the basic “potential” to implement health care. Actual medical practice and responsibilities place demands on the individual to maintain a relevant level of knowledge, skills, attitudes and even behaviour, to improve standards of practice and patient care. The tensions that arise at a personal level are knowing what to learn, where to find it and how to record and measure it against peer groups or local standards.