purpose: present study is to evaluate the effect of the urinary stone continuing medical education program of gps' knowledge, attitude and performance in real situation. material & method: 80 gps, 19 female and 61 male, 43.2+/-12.5 years old, 14.5 +/-11.9 years after graduation, who work in private practice in tehran, participated in the study. they participated in two-day conference run by lec...

background: continuing medical education (cme) of general practitioners (gps) regarding most of the diseases, especially psychiatric disorders, is implementing worldwide to maintain and develop their knowledge, skills, and professional performance. we investigated the effects of cme on gps knowledge in the field of psychiatric disorders in dezful university of medical sciences (dums) as a newly...

Evidence-based medicine is an increasingly important concept in continuing medical education and medical school curricula. To cope with the rapid evolution of medicine, physicians need to remain abreast of the many new therapies and diagnostic tools that affect their practices. Unfortunately, along with the many changes there is also a surplus of relevant written material. Physicians are unable...

INTRODUCTION Continuing medical education (CME) is important for professional development, to improve doctors' clinical performance that ultimately influences the quality of the health outcomes. In the presence of an increasing number of family physicians serve in the primary health care system upon graduation in Oman make us to consider the meta-cognition of the leaner and engaged them in lear...

Reflection is a metacognitive process that creates a greater understanding of both the self and the situation so that future actions can be informed by this understanding. Self-regulated and lifelong learning have reflection as an essential aspect, and it is also required to develop both a therapeutic relationship and professional expertise. There are a variety of educational approaches in unde...

Effective quality assurance actfvftfes that improve the delivery of health services to the publfc are of particular concern to the American College of Physicians. The College is committed to mafntafnfng hfgh standards of quality in the delivery of health services and believes that quality assurance mechanisms can be an effective means for achieving this goal. Some of the College's efforts to en...