Continuing Medical Education: A Primer, 2nd Edition

This second edition is divided into six parts, the first introduces the subject, looking at it in terms of its history, current condition, and the major role played in its conduct by the voluntary accreditation system. The second section discusses, with suitable theoretical underpinnings, the principles of adult education and how they apply practically to CME. The third and fourth sections of this book turn to the operational aspects of CME, first in how to establish and manage a CME office in various locations, and then relating to such general subjects as marketing, planning meetings, using the medical library, using the general resources available, and the social relationship between CME and industry. The fifth section focuses on the individual learner, including the role of peer review in identifying learning needs, both for the average physician learner and the special physician learner whose competence is under question. The final section of the book offers a glimpse down the road both in terms of CME and its ethical aspects and the science of CME in the use of information technology, as well as its general prognosis.