Background: A critical shortage of health workers with needed maternal and newborn
competencies remains a major challenge for the provision of quality care for mothers and …

Context Ensuring clinical practice reflects current evidence is challenging given the rapid
proliferation of new knowledge. Changing entrenched clinical behaviours and facilitating the …

Background: Substandard delivery care has been widely documented as a major cause of
maternal mortality in health facilities globally. Health worker learning via mobile devices is …

Background In low and middle-income countries, nurses and midwives are the frontline
healthcare workers in obstetric care. Insights into experiences of these healthcare workers in …

Implementing CPD programs for medical professionals has been demonstrated to improve
patient outcomes, and is increasingly required for continuing medical licensure. However …

Background Recent calls for reform in healthcare training emphasize using competency-
based curricula and information technology-empowered learning. Continuing Medical …

PURPOSE Given high neonatal mortality in many low-and middle-income countries,
addressing missed opportunities by enhancing the quality of newborn care provided by …

Abstract Background The “Virtual Semester for Medical Research Aachen”(vSEMERA) is an
international, interdisciplinary, virtual education program developed for health profession …

Background: Continuing professional development is an important component of capacity
building in low resource countries. The purpose of this case study is to describe the use of a …

Continuing professional development (CPD) is part of the medical education continuum, has
been shown to produce improved physician practice and good patient outcomes, and is …