The March 2009 supplement of Chest (v. 135 supplement 3) is an Open Access special issue devoted to continuing medical education. From the Executive Summary:
In 2005, the Education Committee and the Health and Science Policy Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recognized the need to assess the ACCP medical education curriculum. During this assessment process, a proposal was made to evaluate the literature to determine what continuing medical education (CME) tools and techniques are most effective in improving our physician members’ knowledge and skills. It quickly became clear that there was much more to be learned from this effort and that its potential impact could benefit not only the ACCP membership but also the medical education community as a whole.
Below are the article titles with links to full text. For complete citations and links to PubMed records, see this page on the CACHE Web site. See also Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education.
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The Science of Continuing Medical Education
- Methods and Definition of Terms
- Continuing Medical Education Effect on Physician Knowledge
- Continuing Medical Education Effect on Physician Knowledge Application and Psychomotor Skills
- Continuing Medical Education Effect on Practice Performance
- Continuing Medical Education Effect on Clinical Outcomes
- The Role of Audience Characteristics and External Factors in Continuing Medical Education and Physician Change
- Lessons for Continuing Medical Education From Simulation Research in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education
- The Future of Continuing Medical Education
Filed under: Adult / Continuing / Health Education
