1.04 CPD (Continuering Profesional Development) for doctors is crucial
Ensuring that doctors keep abreast of developments in the field of pharmacology is a prerequisite for rational pharmacotherapy. Rational pharmacotherapy includes research for optimal use of pharmaceuticals and a thorough knowledge of when to treat with pharmaceuticals. Knowledge of and experience with modern medicines are essential in order to be able to apply rational pharmacotherapy in practice.
Very rapid advances are happening in the health field. There is therefore an ongoing need to promote both training and continuing professional development of doctors and other health professionals.
Lif believes:
- that it is essential that doctors have maximum knowledge – not just in the pharmaceutical field but in the health field generally – of new treatments and documented new therapeutic agents,
- that the pharmaceutical industry has a natural part to play in the continuing professional development of doctors and other health professionals,
- that the authorities should increase their commitment to such CPD, to supplement the CPD offered by the pharmaceutical industry, and that the method for that should be the allocation of more funds to CPD for doctors, both those in hospitals and those working in primary care.
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