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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</journalTitle>
<eissn>2333-4770</eissn>
<publicationDate>2014-11-24</publicationDate>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>11</issue>
<startPage>1110</startPage>
<endPage>1114</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/education-2-11-18</doi>
<publisherRecordId>EDUCATION201421118</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Enhance It - Enhancing Hospital Laboratory Standards for Continuing Professional Development: Transnational Evaluation of a Novel CPD Activity for Biomedical Scientists</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Jan Martin</name>
<email>j.martin@wlv.ac.uk</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Dorianne Buttigieg</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Josef Silhavik</name>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Zlata Flegar-Meštrić</name>
<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Alison Adkins</name>
<affiliationId>5</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Visnja Gasljevic</name>
<affiliationId>6</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Tomáš Šálek</name>
<affiliationId>6</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Attila Horvath</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Charles Borg</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Mladen Jakovcic</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Adrienn Adonics</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Zsófia Szlamka</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Ian Brincat</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Noel Ciantar</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Anna Lisa Sciortino</name>
<affiliationId>7</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Tracey Bennett</name>
<affiliationId>8</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Kirstie Rice</name>
<affiliationId>9</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Yvette Taylor</name>
<affiliationId>10</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Mater Dei Hospital Malta</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Tomas Bata Regional Hospital Czech Republic</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="4">University Hospital Merkur Croatia</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="5">University of Birmingham, UK</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="6">Croatian Metrology Society Croatia</affiliationName>

<affiliationName affiliationId="7">Horvath and Dubecz Consulting Ltd Hungary</affiliationName>







<affiliationName affiliationId="8">Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital United Kingdom</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="9">Cross Hospital United Kingdom</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="10">Birmingham Children's Hospital United Kingdom</affiliationName>
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<abstract language="eng">A project which has received funding of over 100,000 euros from the European Union's Lifelong Learning Leonardo Programis developing good practice in continuing professional development (CPD) for Biomedical Scientists. The Partnership is developing an EU-toolkit for delivery of high quality CPD activities provided by European hospital laboratories. This paper reports on the first stage of the project which is transnational evaluation of a novel European CPD activity by hospital laboratories in Croatia, Czech Republic, Malta and the United Kingdom.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/2/11/18/education-2-11-18.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>continuing professional development</keyword>
<keyword>training</keyword>
<keyword>medical laboratory science</keyword>
<keyword>biomedical scientist</keyword>
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