Effectiveness of CME...

The Evidence-based Practice Center at Johns Hopkins University prepared a report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality entitled "Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education." From the report (hey, I'm a bottom line type of gal):

Conclusion: Despite the low quality of the evidence, CME appears to be effective at the acquisition and retention of knowledge, attitudes, skills, behaviors and clinical outcomes. More research is needed to determine with any degree of certainty which types of media, techniques, and exposure volumes as well as what internal and external audience characteristics are associated with improvements in outcomes.

Click here to access the 500+ page report. Of course, they didn't include my fabulous journal article published in 1997 in the Western Journal of Medicine. For those of you interested in "ancient" history, click here to read said article. With that article and $4, I can buy a Cafe Mocha!
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