title: Development of continuing medical education in Europe: a review.
abstract: This short review sets out some general facts and features concerning the development of continuing medical education (CME) in Europe. The review is intended as a basis for proposing plans and action for CME in the future. Europe, as it happens, was the birthplace and cradle of both scientifically based medical education in general and CME in particular. Three stages of development are distinguished: (1) Development of CME from the 19th century up to the beginning of the Second World War; (2) After 1945; (3) CME in the present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Postgraduate Medical Education, Institute for Postgraduate Education in Medicine and Pharmacy, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vysohlid
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D005060:Europe; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D014944:World Health Organization