Re-envisaging continuing professional development to improve patient outcomes

Advancing staff capability is important for optimal care delivery. The attribute of lifelong learning ideally serves to ensure the continuing advancement of staff to meet increasing demands in the delivery of quality care. Lifelong learning (LLL) involves ‘seeking and appreciating new worlds or ideas to gain a new perspective as well as questioning one's environment, knowledge, skills and interactions’ (Davis et al., 2014, p. 441). The concept is very much entrenched in the understanding of a profession.