Participation in and Satisfaction With Perianesthesia Continuous Professional Development

A descriptive correlational study was designed to evaluate ASPAN’s continuing professional development (CPD) offerings by determining the modalities that ASPAN members use to obtain specialized perianesthesia education and their level of satisfaction with these offerings. An electronic survey developed by the researchers was used to query members of ASPAN with active email addresses. Participation in CPD offered by ASPAN varies considerably by modality. The respondents in this study preferred and were most satisfied with traditional delivery systems of lecture/seminar that provided clinical information. Participants were also sensitive to cost and location.