Physician competence and compulsory continuing education: are they compatible?
Continuing medical education (CME) should be broadly defined as any intervention into the activities of a physician that produces behavioral change. Under this definition, it is unquestionable that CME influences quality of care. However, the current CME-accreditation system, with its narrow emphasis on course work, serves to inhibit the development of individualized educational activities geared to identified needs.
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