Abstract

CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A FACTOR FOR EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT

*B. Brankov and A. Zlatareva

ABSTRACT

The continuing education, as a key element for the lifelong learning curve is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern global world with facilitated access to information and the constantly updated digital forms of education and development are being adopted in the tertiary education and are becoming increasingly popular. In the current summary, we are looking into the present lawmaking, strategies, programs and policies on both national and international level, that concern the continuing education and lifelong learning, as a factor for managing career development. Our goal is to establish how and to what degree do the newly adopted EU regulations and programs help motivate the medical specialists, here and in the EU, to continue their education throughout their life. The medical education is being modernized, directed towards the new digital forms of education through development, improvement and adaptation of the specialized education programs for the occupied medical specialists, in order to be up to date with the dynamically changing environment in the drug policy and regulations area. Examples for this are the lawmaking application impact analysis, national and international standards, consultancy mechanisms and others, depending on а conducted analysis of the education needs. Creating specialized online education programs, as well as other activities concerning the professional qualification of the employees, would undoubtedly help achieving a higher level qualification by the specialists and would lead to increased quality of the healthcare services for the society.

Keywords: Education/ digital forms; Continuing education, Learning throughout the life/ strategies, Programs and policies at national and international levels.