Comments on self-assessment programs.
Self-assessment programs have assumed an important position with respect to continuing medical education. Despite certain deficiencies, they subserve a number of functions in motivating meaningful study, in delineating for the individual and for those responsible for devising graduate courses, home study courses and study devices those areas or aspects requiring additional attention. Many efforts to improve their efficacy and significance are under way.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic