OBJECTIVE To determine, based on international guidelines for asthma management, the appropriateness of the treatment that the Unified Health Care System provides to patients with asthma. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving patients suspected of having asthma and referred to the Pulmonology Clinic of the Federal University of Minas Gerais Hospital das Clínicas, Brazil, between ...

A History ofMedicine in South Carolina, 1825-1900, by JOSEPH I. WARING, Charleston, South Carolina Medical Association, 1967, pp. xv, 366, illus., $7.70. In this second volume Waring has continued the history of South Carolina from the graduation in 1825 of the first class at the Medical College. He deals separately with plantation medicine, the growth of hospitals, medical education, professio...

INTRODUCTION Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) is a mechanism for joining quality improvement (QI) in health care to continuing medical education (CME) systems together. Although QI practices and CME approaches have been recognized for years, what emerges from their integration is largely unfamiliar, because it requires the collaboration of CME providers and stakehol...

Objectives: The objective of this project was to develop and implement a seven module ambulatory care continuing medical education (CME) curriculum and to evaluate the effectiveness of this curriculum in facilitating patient safety. Methods: For knowledge transfer and adoption, each module focused on one safety concept, followed by clinical cases and take-home points. The dissemination strategy...

Quality continuing education, therefore, is a direct outgrowth of the Mission and long-range goals of the NLN. It is defined as a personal educational experience, planned for individual growth and the ongoing development of knowledge and skills beyond basic preparation for a profession or occupation. Its objective is the continuous improvement of the individual's nursing practice (in whatever r...

BACKGROUND Surgery can effectively palliate symptoms in patients with advanced malignancy and thereby maintain quality of life. However, the goal of surgical palliation should be balanced with the associated risks, and the decision to operate can be challenging for even the most experienced surgeon. HYPOTHESIS There are significant deficiencies in training during residency and in continuing m...

Continuing education (CE) that strives to improve patient care in a complex health care system requires a different paradigm than CE that seeks to improve clinician knowledge and competence in an educational setting. A new paradigm for CE is necessary in order to change clinician behavior and to improve patient outcomes in an increasingly patient-centered, quality-oriented care context. The aut...

Continuing medical education (CME) has the power and capacity to address many challenges in the health care environment, from clinician well-being to national imperatives for better health, better care, and lower cost. Health care leaders who recognize the strategic value of education and engage their people in education can expect a meaningful return on their investment-not only in terms of th...

background: gestational diabetes (ga) is a common complication, associated with adverse prenatal outcomes and perceived stress. the effects of education on perceived stress have been widely investigated, whereas the role of self-care in ga has been less noted. aim: to determine the effects of self-care education on perceived stress in women with ga under insulin treatment. methods: in this rand...

Rural clinicians require expertise across a broad range of specialties, presenting difficulty in maintaining currency of knowledge and application of best practice. Free open access medical education is a new paradigm in continuing professional education. Use of the internet and social media allows a globally accessible crowd-sourced adjunct, providing inline (contextual) and offline (asynchron...