| Abstract: | Continuing medical education (CME) should be broadly defined as any intervention into the activities of a physician that produces behavioral change. Under this definition, it is unquestionable that CME influences quality of care. However, the current CME-accreditation system, with its narrow emphasis on course work, serves to inhibit the development of individualized educational activities geared to identified needs.Dr. Jessee is Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Assistant Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. |
