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Volume 10 (2)
Volume 10, Issue 2, 1990 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1990; 10(2):167-175
THEORY AND PRACTICE
Nancy L. Bennett, PhD A b s t r a c t An understanding of the professional and personal development of health care professionals is an essential component for providing continuing education. Age and stage theory explains development by a pattern of stages which are related to age in terms of predictable events for most adults. Levinson's imagery of seasons describes transitions in which life is questioned and reordered, layered with stable periods in which life is organized to meet new changes. Life span development theory is based on an understanding of sequential changes in the way adults behave. It is sensitive to multidirectional changes which result from the interaction of a group or events. Career development is one force which is important for health professionals. Super, Bennett, and Gould outline ideas about how a career evolves. Adult development forces the question of the role of continuing education as part of the background for more effective continuing education or as a way to change our thinking to understand how we can support health care professionals as they progress in their careers. Keywords: Adult development; continuing education; research; continuing medical education; continuing education for health professionals |
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