Are Continuing Medical Education Activities Effective in Improving the Competence and Performance of Clinicians?

Sampath, Janardhan; Dietze, Derek; Tóth, Peter P.; Cannon, Christopher P.; Breslan, Stephanie A.

doi:10.1097/hpc.0b013e318242e6cd

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“…Sampath et al27 explored the effects of CME in improving competence for primary care physicians managing patients with acute coronary syndrome. Risk assessment and stratification for these patients was a critical step in effectively managing secondary coronary heart disease.…”

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The transformation of continuing medical education (CME) in the United States

Balmer¹

2013

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This article describes five major themes that inform and highlight the transformation of continuing medical education in the USA. Over the past decade, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and other national entities have voiced concern over the cost of health care, prevalence of medical errors, fragmentation of care, commercial influence, and competence of health professionals. The recommendations from these entities, as well as the work of other regulatory, professional, academic, and government organizations, have fostered discussion and development of strategies to address these challenges. The five themes in this paper reflect the changing expectations of multiple stakeholders engaged in health care. Each theme is grounded in educational, politico-economic priorities for health care in the USA. The themes include (1) a shift in expectation from simple attendance or a time-based metric (credit) to a measurement that infers competence in performance for successful continuing professional development (CPD); (2) an increased focus on interprofessional education to augment profession-specific continuing education; (3) the integration of CPD with quality improvement; (4) the expansion of CPD to address population and public health issues; and (5) identification and standardization of continuing education (CE) professional competencies. The CE profession plays an essential role in the transformation of the US CPD system for health professionals. Coordination of the five themes described in this paper will foster an improved, effective, and efficient health system that truly meets the needs of patients.

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The transformation of continuing medical education (CME) in the United States

Balmer¹

2013

AMEP

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“…Because no follow-up survey was conducted, knowledge retention and actual practice changes were not assessed. However, other outcome studies have shown ongoing improvement in knowledge levels after CE programs even with modest knowledge attrition over time (Sampath et al, 2012). Our analysis may also be affected by selection bias due to the inclusion of data from learners who completed the program only.…”

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Knowledge and confidence gains after a COVID-19 vaccine continuing education program developed for nurse practitioners

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Garrett

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J Am Assoc Nurse Pract

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“…Although plans to change practice were assessed in the postactivity evaluation, the actual implementation of these changes was not assessed. Although it is possible that learners did not retain the information from the program or institute planned changes, past studies have shown that most learners maintain a higher level of posttest knowledge than their preactivity levels despite some level of knowledge attrition (Sampath et al, 2012). Additionally, there is an inherent selection bias in the study due to the inclusion of only learners who completed the activity.…”

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