Abstract Continuing professional development aims to provide health professionals with the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to improve care. Physicians and other clinicians increasingly practice within complex health care delivery organizations aiming to improve the care of populations of patients with multiple problems and differing needs. These organizations are composed of local units in different departments and venues; these teams and the patients they care for change over time. Improving outcomes within constantly changing complex organizations delivering population care takes time and persistence. It takes time to equip critical masses of clinicians and other personnel with knowledge and skills to effect change. Although some changes might be simple, those involving new workflows require implementation support. Not all change will be smooth; individuals need opportunities to learn from and adjust their early intervention efforts, measure effectiveness of change, and sustain successful practices. Longitudinal support is necessary to affect change over complex organizations. This essay proposes that to be more supportive and valuable to health care delivery organizations, continuing professional development needs to intentionally participate in longitudinal, collaborative, context-specific, team-based interventions. An expanded menu of evaluation approaches will better describe the role of continuing professional development in helping health care professionals and organizations address increasingly complex health care delivery problems and improve patient and population outcomes. Selected concepts to achieve these ends are introduced at a high level in this article. Readers are invited to explore concepts that resonate with their current situation in further detail.

David W. Price

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

《继续教育杂志》是一份季刊，发表与健康科学继续教育的理论、实践和政策制定相关的文章。该杂志介绍了涉及专业人士终身学习的主题的原创研究和论文，重点是持续质量改进、能力评估和知识转化。它为开发、实施和评估继续教育计划的人提供周到的建议。

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions is a quarterly publication that focuses on continuing education in the health sciences. It publishes articles related to the theory, practice, and policy of continuing education, covering topics pertinent to lifelong learning for professionals, with an emphasis on continuous quality improvement, competency assessment, and knowledge translation. The journal offers valuable insights for professionals involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of continuing education programs.

《继续教育杂志（Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions）》是一份季刊，专注于健康科学领域的继续教育。该杂志发表与继续教育的理论、实践和政策相关的文章，涵盖专业人士终身学习的主题，重点关注持续质量改进、能力评估和知识转化。它为开发、实施和评估继续教育项目的专业人士提供了有价值的建议。

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To Effectively Address Complex Healthcare Problems, Continuing Professional Development Must Evolve

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