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Attitudes towards intramural continuing medical education: a European perspective

Attitudes towards intramural continuing medical education: a European perspective Continuing medical education (CME) is now one of the key areas of development in medical education. This paper describes the development of an intramural continuing medical education programme de novo in a newly opened cancer institute in Italy, which provided a unique opportunity to study attitudes towards the concepts and goals of continuing medical education as most of the individuals involved in this programme were exposed to continuing medical education for the first time. The continuing medical education programme was overseen by a CME committee for 1 year. Three 1‐hour sessions were delivered each week and one credit point was awarded for each session. The sessions included grand rounds, clinical‐based teaching and a 3‐weekly rotating schedule of pathology, radiology and research. Participants were all the medical doctors attending the European Institute of Oncology. Attendance at greater than 50% of the total sessions available yearly qualified the individual for certification by the CME committee of the Institute. A questionnaire was circulated to all medical doctors at the Institute at the end of the academic year to assess attitudes to CME in general. Forty‐six out of 84 questionnaires were returned. The majority of those involved in this CME intramural programme undertook self‐directed CME activities and at least 50% had not previously attended either grand rounds or research seminars. Most felt that CME should not be mandatory but that its activities should be monitored. The greatest difficulty with CME was in its timing. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2001 Blackwell Science Ltd
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0961-5423
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1365-2354
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10.1046/j.1365-2354.2001.00286.x
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Abstract

Continuing medical education (CME) is now one of the key areas of development in medical education. This paper describes the development of an intramural continuing medical education programme de novo in a newly opened cancer institute in Italy, which provided a unique opportunity to study attitudes towards the concepts and goals of continuing medical education as most of the individuals involved in this programme were exposed to continuing medical education for the first time. The continuing medical education programme was overseen by a CME committee for 1 year. Three 1‐hour sessions were delivered each week and one credit point was awarded for each session. The sessions included grand rounds, clinical‐based teaching and a 3‐weekly rotating schedule of pathology, radiology and research. Participants were all the medical doctors attending the European Institute of Oncology. Attendance at greater than 50% of the total sessions available yearly qualified the individual for certification by the CME committee of the Institute. A questionnaire was circulated to all medical doctors at the Institute at the end of the academic year to assess attitudes to CME in general. Forty‐six out of 84 questionnaires were returned. The majority of those involved in this CME intramural programme undertook self‐directed CME activities and at least 50% had not previously attended either grand rounds or research seminars. Most felt that CME should not be mandatory but that its activities should be monitored. The greatest difficulty with CME was in its timing.

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European Journal of Cancer Care – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2001

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