Processes to Regulate Healthcare Professionals, Volume 2

A comprehensive and authoritative reference on the principles and processes for regulating healthcare professionals

In Processes to Regulate Healthcare Professionals, renowned international regulator Marc Seale delivers an authoritative exploration of the principles and processes for regulating healthcare professionals, including acquiring and assessing competence, registers and registration, the regulation of educators, managers, and researchers, and continuing competence.

This comprehensive reference work examines all components of the processes involved in the regulation of healthcare professionals, providing clear definitions and analysis lacking in the existing literature on the subject, and offers a practical guide for understanding a complex regulatory landscape.

Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to acquiring and assessing competence of healthcare professionals
• Comprehensive explorations of regulation beyond entry to practice
• Practical discussions concerning competence, return to practice, and students
• A review of professionals, professional associations, and professionalism

Perfect for the educators and teachers of healthcare students, Processes to Regulate Healthcare Professionals will also benefit healthcare students, consumer advocacy organisations, employers of healthcare professionals, professional associations, lawmakers and regulators.

Processes to Regulate Healthcare Professionals, Volume 2

Chapter 9 Acquiring & assessing competences

Chapter 10 Education & training programmes - domestic

Chapter 11 Education & training programmes - international

Chapter 12 Registers & registration

Chapter 13 Regulation of educators, managers & researchers

Chapter 14 Regulation beyond entry to practice

Chapter 15 Continuing competence

Chapter 16 Return to practice

Chapter 17 Students

Chapter 18 Professionals, profession, professionalism & professional associations

Chapter 19 Occupations & healthcare assistants

Marc Seale was the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council—the UK's multi-professional regulator—for 18 years. He has extensive experience in the regulation of healthcare professions in the UK, Europe, and the USA.