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Priya has attended many courses and keeps a record of each one with the hours completed, but she has never considered whether the learning improved her work. Which approach to continuing professional development (CPD) does she follow?

Priya follows an input-based approach to CPD, because she measures development by the courses and hours completed rather than by what she learned or how it improved her work. An outcomes-based approach would focus on the results and application of the learning.

  1. AAn outcomes-based approach
  2. BAn input-based approachCorrect
  3. CA competence-mapping approach
  4. DA reflective-learning approach

Explanation

An input-based approach measures CPD by activity, such as hours of courses attended, without assessing the benefit. An outcomes-based approach would assess what was learned and how it was applied. Priya does not evaluate impact, so hers is input-based.

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