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To What Extent Does Continuing Professional Education (CPE) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) Affect Physicians Practice

Kathleen A. Johnson

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The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent is there an understanding among physicians as to how continuing professional education (CPE) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) affect physicians practice? To address the question, focus groups were used to begin a process of identifying the components within each type of education so that further research can be done to address how physicians learn and whether competence can be influenced by continuing education.

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The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent is there an understanding among physicians as to how continuing professional education (CPE) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) affect physicians practice? To address the question, focus groups were used to begin a process of identifying the components within each type of education so that further research can be done to address how physicians learn and whether competence can be influenced by continuing education.

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The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent is there an understanding among physicians as to how continuing professional education (CPE) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) affect physicians practice? To address the question, focus groups were used to begin a process of identifying the components within each type of education so that further research can be done to address how physicians learn and whether competence can be influenced by continuing education.

Key concepts: Continuing education, Continuing medical education, Affect (linguistics), Continuing professional development, Competence (human resources), Medical education, Medicine, Psychology

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