Impact of formal continuing medical education: Do conferences, workshops, rounds, and other traditional continuing education activities change physician behavior or health care outcomes?

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 282, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 867-874

  Davis, Dave ^a,f   O'Brien, Mary Ann Thomson ^b   Freemantle, Nick ^c   Wolf, Fredric M ^d   Mazmanian, Paul ^e   Taylor Vaisey, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGRESSES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0033198985     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.9.867     Document Type: Review

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