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Practice‐linked continuing medical education
Author(s) -
Mayne Keith
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb127647.x
Subject(s) - continuing medical education , continuing education , audit , medical education , clinical practice , medical practice , autodidacticism , medicine , psychology , computer science , nursing , management , economics
Continuing medical education is successful when it results in improved outcomes for patients, but there may not be much connection between traditional didactic instruction and improvement in clinical practice. Greater emphasis could be placed on self‐directed learning. Using computer technology, doctors can audit their own practices to detect specific deficiencies and reveal individual educational needs. Learning and assessment can then be linked with improvements in practice. (Med J Aust 1994; 161:630‐632)