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The market and educational principles in continuing medical education for general practice
Author(s) -
ALSHEHRI A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00191.x
Subject(s) - allowance (engineering) , attendance , global positioning system , medical education , continuing medical education , process (computing) , medicine , business , continuing education , nursing , public relations , political science , computer science , economic growth , economics , operations management , telecommunications , operating system
Summary. In an attempt to increase participation by established general practitioners (GPs) in continuing medical education (CME) the Department of Health in 1990 created an allowance (the Postgraduate Education Allowance, PGEA) to be spent by GPs on the educational provision of their choice. Although the PGEA has increased attendance by established GPs at educational activities, the market created in CME provision has favoured low cost activity of questionable value. This paper examines criteria for the validation of general practice CME, based on the principles of adult learning, which could be used to manage this market. Failure to adopt an appropriate validating process could lead to the PGEA becoming discredited and the imposition of periodic reaccreditation as a means of enforcing participation by GPs in CME.