Measuring continuing medical education outcomes: A pilot study of effect size of three CME interventions at an SGIM annual meeting

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-629

  Weiner, Saul J ^a   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^b   Garten, Sarajane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c American Society of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; CME; Continuum of medical education; Practice performance; Quality and improvements in health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 67349111841     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0902-3     Document Type: Article

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