title: Epitaph for the Lone Ranger, MD: adapting continuing medical education to the twenty-first century.
abstract: Continuing medical education (CME) is plagued by outdated ideas about how physicians should use information in treating their patients. To maintain relevance, CME programs must develop a new approach to teaching that acknowledges the realities of twenty-first century health care and offers physicians a better way to learn.
authors.affiliation: California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, California 94607, USA.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Thomas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010819:Physician's Role; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic