The importance of continuing professional development

Abstract

As healthcare professionals we find ourselves in a dynamic field that constantly evolves and pushes the knowledge ahead of us. This is accompanied by the steady development of new skills, procedures and techniques. This requires of us to keep up with these developments, to improve and develop ourselves, and to learn new things. If we fail to do this, we will become irrelevant, lose track with the latest developments, and may even end up providing harmful treatment to our patients.