• V Kua, A Belii, S Pontone, L Beydon, and Collège Français des Anesthésistes-Réanimateurs.
• Département d'anesthésie, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex 9, France.
• Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2006 Feb 1;25(2):144-51.

Study DesignThe aim of this study was to assess how French anaesthesiologists perform continuing medical education (CME).MethodsA 73 items survey was mailed to 1,000 anaesthesiologists (11% of anaesthesiologists population) of geographic, gender and institution representative of national anaesthesiologist demography. A second mail was sent to non-responders, 6 weeks later.ResultsThe answer rate was 40.8% and the sample of responders appeared to match the French anaesthesiologist population. Seventy-two percent of surveyed anaesthesiologists were affiliated to the French society of anaesthesia-intensive care and 24% to other medical societies. Attendance to French congresses was 81% and miscellaneous congresses were equally appreciated in terms of quality. Only 17% of surveyed anaesthesiologists attended international congresses. Multi-thematic congresses were preferred by 67%. The annual time devoted to congresses was 6 days (median) with additional 4 days (median) reserved for practical courses. French medical journals and international journals had a reading rate of 89 and 37%, respectively. For 61% of responders CME was funded by institutional grants. Internet CME use was found in 73% of anaesthesiologists. Time and money were the two most frequent reasons invoked for CME restriction.ConclusionCME is a broadly shared activity, which still remains focussed on national resources.

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