Continuing medical education and professional revalidation in Europe: Five case examples

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Maisonneuve, Hervé ^a   Matillon, Yves ^b   Negri, Alfonso ^c   Pallarés, Luis ^d   Vigneri, Ricardo ^e   Young, Howard L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Ministry of Health   (France)

^c Italian Federation of Medical Societies (FSIM)   (Italy)

^d Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Commercial Sponsorship; Continuing; Credits; Education; Medical; Points; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EUROPE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 67249140952     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20007     Document Type: Article

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