Toward Continuous Medical Education (Free Online Full Text)
Roni
F Zeiger, MD. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Jan; 20(1): 91–94.
Abstract:
While
traditional continuing medical education (CME) courses increase participants'
knowledge, they have minimal impact on the more relevant end points of
physician behavior and patient outcomes. The interactive potential of online
CME and its flexibility in time and place offer potential improvements over
traditional CME. However, more emphasis should be placed on continuing
education that occurs when clinicians search for answers to questions that
arise in clinical practice, instead of that which occurs at an arbitrary time
designated for CME. The use of learning portfolios and informationists can be
integrated with self-directed CME to help foster a culture of lifelong
learning.
Keywords:
continuing medical education, Internet, distance learning, library services
