Evaluating continuing competence of physicians through multiple assessment modalities

Needs Assessment of Continuing Medical Education for General Physicians: The Musculoskeletal Signs and Diseases

Introduction: Educational needs assessment in continuing medical education programs can provide the opportunity for optimum use of resources. The aim of this study was to determine the viewpoints of general physicians about their educational needs in the continuing education courses about encountering with musculoskeletal signs and diseases. Methods: This descriptive survey study was performed...

Continuing education for pulmonary physicians.

T he major reasons fur participating in continuing medical education (CME) are to obtain new knowledge and skills, and to provide reassurance that present medical practice is still up to date.' The ideal educational offering to accomplish these goals should be directly relevant to patient care, convenient, inexpensive , practical, individually based, provide immediate benefit, and take a minimu...

Continuing education, industry, and physicians.

Evaluating Indices of Physicians’ Pre- Therapeutic Responsibility

The possibility of mistakes, negligence, injuries and damages in medical activities could give rise to a civil or criminal case. In such cases, resorting to experts’ opinion is necessary. Forensic medicine organization has important role in such cases. Therefore, understanding of the criteria used by experts of this organization is important and could give rise to awareness of doctors and reduc...

Continuing competence in selected health care professions.

Health services professionals are confronting the challenge of maintaining and improving competence over the course of lengthy careers in diverse practice specialties. This article reviews the efforts of a selection of health care professions to ensure lifetime competence and reviews some of the challenges encountered in these efforts. Although each profession has its own issues, significant ge...