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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Continuing Medical Education"”.
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A Three-part Analysis of Continuing Medical Education
Physicians, medical educators, and health care systems all share responsibility for the effectiveness of continuing medical education (CME) activities. Because CME has been criticized as being incapable of supporting physician competency to provide good health care, the researcher uses Gramsci’s …
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Professional identity formation among non-clinical professionals in the field of continuing medical education
… among non-clinical professionals in the field of continuing medical education. Specifically, two research questions examined how these professionals both define and perceive the development of their professional identities. The theoretical framework of professional identity formation was used to …
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Andragogy In Continuing Medical Education Development: A Case Study On The Perception Of Its Worth
<p>Continuing medical education (CME) curriculum development is often staffed and developed with little exposure to teaching skill expertise and andragogy. This qualitative case study examined the perceptions of the skills needed for successful development of CME, learning from the experience of an …
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Physicians' Perceptions of Transfer of Learning From Continuing Medical Education (Cme) Programs Into Practice: A Case Study
"To further realize the impact of the Holton model in the physician context, physicians may need to be viewed as ""sole proprietors"" of their practice with (a) closer proximity to their practice; (b) more direct authority over their transfer of learning capabilities; and (c) greater authority over …
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A National Study of Co-Sponsored Continuing Medical Education Category One Programming Activities Between Medical Schools and Community Hospitals
… national study was to determine the extent of medical school involvement with community hospitals in providing co-sponsored Category One Continuing Medical Education programs on an on-going basis for hospital physician staffs; and how these models compare to the University of Illinois College …
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A continuing medical education program based in high quality evidence to transfer knowledge and to improve practice for health care professionals
… through a national, interactive, and distant continuing education program based on an evidence based medicine point-of-care information service. It further explored the quality of the contents used in ECCE as compared to its market competitors (i.e. other evidence-based practice point-ofcare …
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The Organization and Administration of Continuing Education in Academic Medical Centers
… examine the organization and administration of Continuing Medical Education (CME) in one of the settings in which it occurs, the academic medical center. Because of the scarcity of research findings on which to base generalizations about the organization and administration of CME in academic …
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Qualitative mid-term evaluation of a maternal and child health training and research capacity building program in Kenya
… for the Kenyan Health System. As part of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) Linked Award, the University of Nairobi (UON) has worked to improve human resources for MNCH by providing opportunities and support for postgraduate level research and …
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Beyond cultural competency: Using literature to foster socially conscious medicine
… competency have enjoyed increasing popularity in medical schools and in continuing medical education. Proponents of cultural competency generally hold that when physicians and other health-care professionals are trained in cultural issues, there will be a reduction in race-based disparities in …
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Certified registered nurse anesthetists' professional recertification process: a grounded theory.
… competency: (1) Hands-on simulation testing, (2) continuing medical education (e.g., interactive workshops), and (3) written exams. Focus group participants indicated that hands-on simulation experience and testing provided the most assurance of CRNA competency. Analysis of the focus group and …
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An assessment of the management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in a rural district health ward of Northern Kwazulu
… service providers were keen to participate in continuing medical education that better equip them to manage STDs. Any attempts at improving the quality of care in the district must therefore include private general practitioners as an important and central component of STD policy and planning. …
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A Phenomenological Inquiry into Healthcare Professionals Who Are Experts in Cannabinoid Therapy and the Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
… and few side effects. As legalization for both medical and recreational purposes continue to develop quickly across the United States of America, there is serious discrepancy between legalization and clinical research. Clinical data is difficult since the U.S. federal government still classifies …
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Missed opportunities for the detection of abdominal aortic aneurysms : a retrospective study of eighteen patients presenting with a ruptured or acute symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm
… percent. The majority of these cases present as medical emergencies, with 50 percent dying before they reach hospital. Twenty percent are not operated on because of an incorrect diagnosis and of the surviving 30 percent, there will be a peri-operative mortality of 40 percent. Thus only 20 percent …
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Investigating Causal Inference of Policies: Ban the Box on Employment, Wage Transparency on Wage Gap, and Semi-Automatic Indexing & Tagging of CMES Medical Educational Documents
… to semi-automatically create indexes for medical documents. Chapter 1 - Ban the Box (BTB) policies move the inquiry about the candidate’s criminal record to later in the hiring process. The intention of this policy is to have employers evaluate the candidates based on their performance on …
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Impact of Technology on Rural Appalachian Health Care Providers: Assessment of Technological Infrastructure, Behaviors, and Attitudes.
… health care providers by enhancing access to medical information and facilitating contact with colleagues. However, there is a gap in the knowledge of current computer and Internet access in Appalachia, and in the technology-related behaviors and attitudes of health care professionals there. …