The full master's degree program in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts is available to students at off-campus industrial sites through videotape, bringing continuing education to practicing engineers who otherwise would have few opportunities for advanced learning. (Author/CMV)

Provides an annotated bibliography intended for searchers, educators, library administrators, and other reference department staff who must plan or provide for the training and continuing education of online searchers. (Author)

A Nebraska study examining the self-perceived continuing education needs of leisure service professionals and techniques for meeting them are presented. (JMF)

Responses from 45% of 696 British midwives and interviews with 17 indicated that they identify their continuing education needs most frequently through interaction with colleagues. Their greatest needs were for professional issues and management topics; there is a demand for part-time and distance learning. (SK)

Family medicine physicians were surveyed about their knowledge of substance abuse and wishes for continuing education. Results showed 10% had no substance abuse training in medical school, 15% had none during residency, and 21% had no continuing education on substance abuse. Most preferred continuing education programs as part of an annual…

Interviews with 11 key stakeholders uncovered strategies used to prepare rural Canadian nurses for transition from acute care to community health centers. Strategies included broadening the focus of care, involving community and staff, implementing a phased transition, offering continuing education, and ensuring systemic organizational support.…

Thematic analysis of critical incidents interviews with 13 physician coaches yielded two orientations to coaching: reflection/teaching coaches focused on others and described positive encounters experienced in coaching; personal learning and change coaches identified more personal benefits from the experience. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

Provides a description of action research, shares examples from adult literacy education, and suggests implications for the practice of continuing professional education. (JOW)

A graduate program in workplace learning at the University of Calgary evolved into a continuing online community. A 5-year evaluation revealed some key elements: use of adult learning principles, effective instructional design, timely and meaningful feedback, and a cohort model. (JOW)

A 1988 survey of 58 medical schools found that medical schools vary widely in the commercial support received for medical-school-based continuing medical education (CME) courses. Results indicate that commercial support is a sizable secondary source of CME revenue that warrants monitoring and study. (JOW)

A study investigated the attitude of 238 (of 550) academic accountants in Australia toward the involvement of college staff in continuing professional education for the accounting profession. Most believed that involvement would improve relationships between practitioners and academics and increase support for college programs. (Author)

Program development in continuing social work education can derive practice guidelines from adult education research. A substantive empirical base is beginning to emerge upon which to build programs that result in measurable, positive change. (SK)

The typical retrospective approach to planning continuing professional education fails to close the knowledge gap of health professionals. The futurist literature is reviewed to determine new knowledge, role conceptions, related basic disciplines, and personal growth that nurses will need to master to avoid professional obsolescence. (Author)

The Gregorc Style Delineator--Word Matrix was administered to 2,060 physicians in order to gain a better understanding of their participation in continuing medical education. The study showed that 63 percent preferred the concrete sequential learning style. Different style preferences may account for some of the apparent disparity between…

In contrast to their U.S. counterparts, Canadian students exhibited greater exposure to continuing education (CE) concepts and a more positive attitude as they progressed through the pharmacy curriculum. Journals and schools were perceived by U.S. students as top providers of CE, whereas Canadians ranked associations and schools as the two top…