title: [Anesthetists and continuing education].
abstract: Although the importance of continuing medical education (CME) is a recognized fact, its modalities are still a controversial matter. In order to obtain informations on the demands and the difficulties to which French anaesthetist (AN) are faced with, the Committee for Education of the French Society of Anaesthesia (SFAR) carried out an inquiry with a questionnaire circulated to 7000 AN. The rate of answers was about 10%. With regard to age, gender, mode of activity and length of service in the specialty, the group of responders was representative of the French population of AN. The inquiry seems to demonstrate a strong motivation for CME, as well as demands for training courses, courses extending over two days or more, and a self-assessment. The funding of the expenses as well as the difficulties to obtain a locum tenens were the two main obstacles which limited the access to CME.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Adultes La Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colavolpe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: François
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Anesthésistes-réanimateurs et formation médicale continue.