As part of the World Health Summit 2025, this panel discussion will explore how continuous professional development (CPD) can be reimagined to address the dual imperatives of supporting professional leadership and advancing global equity.
Why attend?
Lifelong learning is essential for sustaining a skilled, resilient, and adaptable health workforce amid rapid global transformations. Healthcare professionals—such as nurses, doctors, and midwives—have long pioneered CPD in healthcare, setting standards and building a growing evidence base for best practices worldwide.
This panel, moderated by Bart Janssens, Director for Learning and Innovation at the WHO Academy, will highlight the role of academic institutions in shaping the future of CPD and discuss strategies to rapidly scale high-quality lifelong learning models across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Drawing on insights from university hospital programs and the WHO Academy, the panel will address two key questions:
- How can leading academic institutions help shape the next generation of CPD for the health workforce?
- What are the most effective pathways to scale quality CPD in LMICs?
You can register to attend the World Health Summit in-person here: Registration
You can follow the entire World Health Summit programme without prior registration. All sessions will be live-streamed on the World Health Summit YouTube channel here: World Health Summit - YouTube.