It is the position of the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) that continuing medical education (CME) is a valuable and essential component of assuring competent, efficacious, and contemporary patient care. This position is based on our belief that emergency medical services (EMS) professionals benefit by their involvement in CME because it provides exposure to the latest technologie...

INTRODUCTION Our current knowledge-based society and the many actualisations within the medical profession require a great responsibility of physicians to continuously develop and refine their skills. In this article, we reflect on some recent findings in the field of continuing education for professional doctors (continuing medical education, CME). Second, we describe the development of a CME ...

Discussions about competency-based education are occurring at all levels of medical education: medical school, residency, and continuing education. Competencies are also an important aspect of certification and are likely to be a part of physician licensure. The 6 General Competencies from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)--patient care, medical knowledge, practic...

Continuing medical education's transition from an emphasis on dissemination to changing clinical practice has made it increasingly necessary for CME providers to develop effective interorganizational collaborations. Although interorganizational collaboration has become commonplace in most sectors of government, business, and academia, our review of the literature and experience as practitioners...

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The author provides an update on the current CME cycle, which began on January 1, 2010, and will end on December 31, 2012. The author also details minor changes to the requirements for Category 1 CME sponsors accredited by the AOA and describes new online CME opportunities. The current article also explains changes regarding the AOA's awarding and recording of specialty CME credit hours for AOA...

Introduction. Vulvodynia is increasingly recognized as a cause of sexual pain. Aim. The goal of this Continuing Medical Education article was to provide a comprehensive review of vulvodynia including terminology, possible etiologies, and offer treatment options. Methods. AMedline search was conducted using several terms related to and including the terms vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, vestibu...

Accreditation Statement This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Surgeons and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The American College Surgeons is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical edu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Professional boundaries help to establish and maintain the foundation of the doctor-patient relationship. Our objective was to measure physicians' level of awareness in recognizing a boundary limit, their intention to change their behavior regarding boundaries, and their self-reported changes in behavior after participation in an educational workshop, "The Right Distan...