Impact of formal continuing medical education: do conferences, workshops, rounds, and other traditional continuing education activities change physician behavior or health care outcomes?

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Although physicians report spending a considerable amount of time in continuing medical education (CME) activities, studies have shown a sizable difference between real and ideal performance, suggesting a lack of effect of formal CME.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA

Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN: 0098-7484

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 01 1999

Volume: 282

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Continuing Education and the Centre for Research in Education, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada. dave.davis@utoronto.ca

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Publisher Item ID: jrv90027

DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.9.867

PubMed ID: 10478694

SO-VID: 09a319e4-b3cb-4108-8b32-10114268dfa2

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