Epitaph for the Lone Ranger, MD: adapting continuing medical education to the twenty-first century.
Continuing medical education (CME) is plagued by outdated ideas about how physicians should use information in treating their patients.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.
Smith
Mark D
MD
California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, California 94607, USA.
Schmitz
Thomas K
TK
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