title: [Continuing education and quality assurance].
abstract: The goal of Continuous medical education is to increase knowledge and skills of medical doctors to guarantee a high standard of medical care. According to the published literature on the effect of Continuous medical education interactive didactic methods seems to be more effective to reach the mentioned goal compared to lectures. These results are in accordance with the constructivist learning theory. The assessment of the learning needs, one of the fundamental elements of this theory, is a complex issue. A potential method to evaluate the needs is presented in the following paper.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für praxisorientierte Forschung und Wissenstransfer Universitätsspital Zürich Rämistrasse 100 8091 Zürich. johann.steurer@evimed.ch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steurer
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D013557:Switzerland