The Journal of continuing education in the health professions
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J Contin Educ Health Prof · Jan 2000
Continuing medical education-driven skills acquisition and impact on improved patient outcomes in family practice setting.
An abundance of educational theory, design, and delivery of continuing medical education (CME) learning interventions, including their impact on learners, are described in the health and social sciences literature. However, establishing a direct correlation between the acquisition of new skills by learners and patient outcomes as a result of a planned CME learning intervention has been difficult to demonstrate. ⋯ These results suggest a positive relationship between acquisition of a new skill by learners and improved patient outcomes as a result of this planned CME learning intervention.