title: A medical education program strategy for community hospitals.
abstract: Community hospital physicians, nurses, and other health care practitioners should be involved in their institution's educational planning activities. Strategic planning that considers both internal and external pressures is required. All programs should have clear, measurable goals; be flexible; and subjected to continuous reassessment. All efforts must be related to quality of patient care as judged by community standards.
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D008962:Models, Theoretical