title: The evaluation of a composed program of continuing medical education for general practitioners.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The execution of composed educational programs for general practitioners is one of the most common methods of continuing medical education. This research project aims to evaluate one of these programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose, a pre- and post-test design was developed. The subjects consisted of 45 participants. They were tested in two stages: before and after the program. A questionnaire was also used to gather the participants' views on four variables including teachers' behavior, the degree of achieving the objective of the program, objective of the learner, and satisfaction with the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the results of this study, the mean scores of the participants' knowledge increased from 10.05 (pre test) to 12.61 (post test), (p<0.0001). In addition, the results showed that the teachers' behavior and satisfaction with the program were rated by participants as the highest and least, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this research are indicative of the effectiveness of the composed educational program in continuing medical education. Nevertheless, such programs are recommended to be further evaluated with more rigorous design.
authors.affiliation: Quality improvement in Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moattari
authors.affiliation: Shalid Beheshtie University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Davood
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yadgari
authors.affiliation: Shalid Beheshtie University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Jalil
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hoseini
keywords: Education; Evaluation; General practitioner