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“Education” is defined as the process of giving or acquiring
knowledge and skills and developing attitudes and values,
especially at a school or university.1
“Training” likewise aims at improving the level of a
trainee’s competence in a specific area and may be defined
as the process of developing, changing or strengthening
knowledge, skills and attitudes of a target group. The
expression “in-service training” refers to training of
persons already employed, e.g. health providers working in
the public or private sector. “Pre-service” refers to
activities which take place before a person takes up a job
which requires specific training, i.e. before a person
‘enters service’. Properly speaking, also courses for
graduates, in addition to those for undergraduates, are
‘pre-service courses’ if they provide the competence needed
to perform new ‘services’. In this website, the expressions
“pre-service education” or “pre-service training” are used
to refer to any structured activity aiming at developing or
reinforcing knowledge and skills before a health care
professional enters public health service or private
practice.
1 Definitions used here are
adapted from The Oxford Dictionary of English and
other references available at Oxford Reference Online at
www.oxfordreference.com
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