A controlled trial of the effectiveness of internet continuing medical education

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Authors

Linda Casebeer · Health Outcomes Solutions (United States)

Sally Engler · Health Outcomes Solutions (United States)

Nancy L. Bennett · Health Outcomes Solutions (United States)

Martin Irvine · Medscape

Destry Sulkes · Medscape

Marc P. Deslauriers · Health Outcomes Solutions (United States)

Sijian Zhang

Abstract

Physicians who participated in selected internet CME activities were more likely to make evidence-based clinical choices than non-participants in response to clinical case vignettes. Internet CME activities show promise in offering a searchable, credible, available on-demand, high-impact source of CME for physicians.

Topics & Keywords

Social Media in Health Education Innovations in Medical Education Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medicine

Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 37-37

DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-37

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