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Direct linkShershneva, Marianna B.; Larrison, Christopher; Robertson, Sheila; Speight, Mike – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Although evaluating at multiple outcome levels has been proposed for continuing education activities and programs, it is a complex undertaking and is not done routinely, especially in collaborative, multicomponent programs. This article reports on strategies used and results obtained in an evaluation project that examined multiple…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Smoking, Continuing Education, Patients
Kenagy, Gretchen P.; Schneidman, Barbara S.; Barzansky, Barbara; Dalton, Claudette; Sirio, Carl A.; Skochelak, Susan E. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Physician reentry is defined by the American Medical Association (AMA) as: "A return to clinical practice in the discipline in which one has been trained or certified following an extended period of clinical inactivity not resulting from discipline or impairment." Physician reentry programs are creating an avenue for physicians who have left…
Descriptors: Physicians, Clinical Experience, Leaves of Absence, Reentry Workers
Dow, Jamie; Jacques, Andre – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: In 2004, faced with demographic data predicting large increases in the number of older drivers within a relatively short period combined with the realization that screening for driver fitness was largely dependent on health professionals, principally physicians, the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ) initiated…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Program Effectiveness, Workshops
Norgaard, Birgitte; Ammentorp, Jette; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Kofoed, Poul-Erik – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Despite the knowledge of good communication as a precondition for optimal care and treatment in health care, serious communication problems are still experienced by patients as well as by health care professionals. An orthopedic surgery department initiated a 3-day communication skills training course for all staff members expecting…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Self Efficacy, Nurses, Surgery
Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Abrahamson, Stephen; Lloyd, John S. – MOBIUS, 1984
Includes an historical review of continuing medical education (CME) in the United States from 1909, when the Blackburn Plan began, to the post-World War II era, with the growth of instructional technology. Two earlier studies that reviewed evaluation research in CME are discussed. Lloyd's brief response disputes some of Abrahamson's points. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Mandatory Continuing Education, Medical Education, Physicians
Peer reviewedMason, Jack L.; Kappelman, Murray M. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
Findings are reported from a survey of all U.S. medical school continuing education departments. The following attributes appeared to have a relationship to most programs: target group specialty; locale of presentation, cost per instructional day, method for identifying educational needs, and sponsor's rationale for program effectiveness. (LBH)
Descriptors: Continuing Education Centers, Higher Education, Hospitals, Medical Schools
Lazorick, Suzanne; Crowe, Virginia L. H.; Dolins, Judith C.; Lannon, Carole M. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2008
Introduction: Despite the existence of guidelines for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), clinical practices vary substantially. Practitioners can apply quality improvement (QI) strategies to adapt office processes and clinical practice towards evidence-based care. We identified facilitators and barriers to participation in a…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Electronic Mail, Physicians, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedAbrahamson, Stephen – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Three "levels" of the state of the art are discussed: the "ideal," for program evaluation; the "practical," with political limitations; and the "actual," for current practices. A review by Lloyd and Abrahamson (l979) is updated and current practices are discussed. Finally, a historical review introduces a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Physicians
Peer reviewedTalley, Robert C. – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
Data are reported suggesting that a change in practice patterns did occur subsequent to a continuing medical education program. Twenty-eight physicians took a course in pulmonary artery pressure monitoring and followup surveys indicate its objectives were met. (LBH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Services, Physicians
Download full textTresolini, Carol P.; Savage, Katherine D.; Hedgpeth, Marian Wells; Curtis, Peter – 2002
The Visiting Clinician Program (VCP) was established in 1996 at a public medical school to provide individualized continuing education to participants and to foster closer ties between academic health center faculty and community practitioners who serve as preceptors for health professions students. Various methods have been used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Collegiality, Community Health Services, Context Effect
Peer reviewedDurlak, Joseph A.; Burchard, Joyce A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
A systematic, preliminary evaluation of the impact of a death and dying workshop on participants' attitudes toward life and death is described. Results were statistically significant for one measure (fear of death) in the expected direction but not for two others (attitudes toward life and anxiety about death). (LBH)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Death, Diseases, Helping Relationship
Peer reviewedHull, Alan L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1989
The hospital charts of 44 patients who were autologous blood donors undergoing elective orthopedic surgery and a matched group of 44 patients who were not autologous blood donors were analyzed to determine their physicians' transfusion practices. A continuing medical education program was developed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients, Physicians
Meuser, Thomas M.; Carr, David B.; Berg-Weger, Marla; Niewoehner, Pat; Morris, John C. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: We aimed to develop and evaluate a multimedia workshop curriculum to educate physicians and other health professionals about (a) driving-related assessment in older adults with dementia, and (b) strategies to encourage driving retirement for impaired individuals. Design and Methods: A curriculum developed by the Older Drivers Project of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Dementia, Workshops, Professional Associations
Peer reviewedJones, Deborah L. – Academic Medicine, 1990
Several features of a two-day national nephrology continuing medical education conference were analyzed using commitments for change and subsequent self-reports of implementation of change as the dependent variables. Subjects were those physician participants (N=84) who completed demographic information forms and agreed to participate in the…
Descriptors: Change, Higher Education, Intervention, Medical Education
