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O'Reilly, Patrick; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
Three proposals developed from concerns in the 1960s about the effectiveness of continuing medical education are discussed: a national plan, a process program model based on identified physician needs, and use of mandatory continuing education in relicensing/recertification. Problems are considered, and recommendations for changes are summarized.…
Descriptors: Certification, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational History

Marshall, Carter L.; Alexander, Rodney – Journal of Medical Education, 1976
It is felt that the failing of previous continuing medical education projects is the lack of a theoretical construct through which the diverse data can be logically integrated. Suggestions are offered for using television in a supplemental manner. (LBH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Physicians, Professional Continuing Education

Stearns, Norman; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1974
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Higher Education, Hospitals, Medical Education

Ralston, Lloyd S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
United Hospital in North Dakota, a primary teaching hospital associated with the University of North Dakota, has developed a program to provide on-site continuing medical education to outlying community hospitals and family medicine staff. The development, implementation and cost of the program are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Professional Continuing Education

Curry, Lynn; Purkis, Ian E. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
An evaluation procedure designed to measure the effects of university-organized continuing medical education (CME) courses on participants' prescribing behavior was examined. Copies of prescriptions were analyzed to establish real behavior compared with the physicians' self-reports. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Medical Education

Sayre, Simon A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
The need for medical school leadership in continuing medical education is discussed and a program at the University of California at Los Angeles is described. Designed to provide community primary care physicians with a dependable source of high quality courses, the program provides a total review of medicine if regularly attended over a…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education