The Role of Continuing Medical Education in Changing and Learning.

Crandall, Sonia J. S.

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ERIC Number: EJ420844

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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The Role of Continuing Medical Education in Changing and Learning.

Crandall, Sonia J. S.

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, v10 n4 p339-48 1990

Six-month case studies of five physicians who attended an arrhythmia conference found that changes in their job performance were (1) incremental (70 percent), which usually required learning; (2) structural (17 percent), requiring redirections of life or practice; and (3) accommodational (13 percent), resulting from regulations. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Job Performance, Learning Motivation, Outcomes of Education, Physicians, Professional Continuing Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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