Continuing medical education (CME): Why the fuss?

Continuing medical education (CME): goals and objectives.

Instructions for Obtaining ANESTHESIOLOGY Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Cre d it(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their partici...

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME): A BASIS FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

According to the modern management, quality is defined from the view of customers. In health services, quality improvement requires appropriate measures to increase responsiveness and accountability of health system to increasing demands of the community. Regarding the ever-changing nature of health services protocols, there is no way but development and improvement of a CME system to make hea...

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

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 ...

Assessing physicians' continuing medical education (CME) needs in the U.S.-associated Pacific jurisdictions.

OBJECTIVE To assess the self-perceived continuing medical education (CME) needs of physicians in American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. METHODS Questionnaire-based survey of all physicians. RESULTS Responses obtained from a total of 143 physicians in the region provided ...