title: Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Intervention Guideline Series: Guideline 3, Educational Meetings.
abstract: The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education commissioned a study to clarify and, if possible, to standardize the terminology for a set of important educational interventions. In the form of a guideline, this article describes one such intervention, educational meetings, which is a common intervention in health professions' education. An educational meeting is an opportunity for clinicians to assemble to discuss and apply important information relevant to patient care. Based on a review of recent evidence and a facilitated discussion with US and Canadian experts, we describe proper educational meeting terminology and other important information about the intervention. We encourage leaders and researchers to consider and to build on this guideline as they plan, implement, evaluate, and report educational meeting efforts. Clear and consistent use of terminology is imperative, along with complete and accurate descriptions of interventions, to improve the use and study of educational meetings.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Van Hoof: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, CT, and Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT. Ms. Grant: Research Associate, Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Ms. Sajdlowska: Research Assistant, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Dr. Bell: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Dr. Campbell: Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, and Director, Continuing Professional Development, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Ms. Colburn: Executive Director, Center for Continuing Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Dr. Dorman: Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Fischer: Director, National Resource Center for Academic Detailing, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Horsley: Associate Director, Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Dr. LeBlanc: Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development, and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Dr. Lockyer: Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, and Senior Associate Dean, Education, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Dr. Moore: Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Director, Office for Continuing Professional Development, and Director of Evaluation, Medical Student Curriculum, Vanderbilt University School of Medici
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mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement; D009626:Terminology as Topic