Continuing education: factors which affect cognitive benefits.
A 16-week continuing education course in clinical chemistry provided for a group of laboratory professionals was evaluated in terms of those factors in the participants' backgrounds which influenced their performance on precourse and postcourse examinations. Work setting, facility size, educational background, and sex influenced precourse scores. Educational background and occupational function influenced postcourse test scores.
D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000193:education; D003071:Cognition; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires