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OBJECTIVE This survey involved medical reporters to identify degrees of theoretical and actual compliance to recommendations for health reporting. METHODS The questionnaire was addressed to 450 Italian journalists and obtained a redemption of 23.1%. RESULTS Major gaps between theoretical agreement and professional practice were: need of scientific background and continuing education; import...

INTRODUCTION Although physician Internet use patterns have been studied, little attention has been paid to how current physician learning and change theories relate to physician Internet information seeking and on-line learning behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine physician medical information-seeking behaviors and their relevance to continuing education (CE) providers who design...

In 1993 the Conference of Royal Colleges and their Faculties called for its members to develop formalized continuing medical education (CME) programmes. Most colleges have adopted a narrow definition of CME and a mechanistic approach to monitoring participation. The Faculty of Public Health Medicine has responded differently by initiating a broader model of continuing professional development (...

INTRODUCTION Project ECHO Pain, the innovative telementoring program for health professionals, was developed in 2009 at the University Of New Mexico Health Sciences Center to fill considerable gaps in pain management expertise. Substantive continuing education for clinicians who practice in rural and underserved communities convenes weekly by means of telehealth technology. Case-based learning,...

INTRODUCTION Although several online continuing medical education (CME) offers exist, the utilization of these by physicians is still low. In this study, we aimed to investigate the attitude towards and use of the Internet and online CME in German general practitioners (GPs) and to identify potential starting points to increase the use of online CME. METHODS In June 2006, a standardized 6-pag...

Goal: After completing this continuing education article the reader will be able to: understand the importance of ensuring appropriate leadership support and operational infrastructure are dedicated to the improvement of safe medication use, describe the importance of proper alignment between medication safety principles and front-line practice, and develop an initial plan for improving medicat...