ACCP Teaching Resources
ACCP CME Research Highlights - June, 2005
Learning Associated with Participation in Journal-Based Continuing Medical Education
Cole TB, Richard M. Glass RM. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2004; 24:205-212
Overview: Most ACCP members review and read various articles from our journal CHEST. This study reviewed learning associated with journal-based CME from peer-reviewed medical journals as an educational model to increase physician awareness of evidence-based approaches to medical care.
Methodology: 2,694 physicians selected any three of eight articles in the March 7, 2001, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to read for CME credit and completed CME evaluation forms within 12 days of the articles' publication date. A random sample of 170 of the CME participants were selected and received surveys within 2 weeks of the articles' publication date.
Limitation(s): This study did have some limitations in that respondents and non-respondents differed with respect to practice type and therefore may have differed in learning progression. Physicians in direct patient care indicated that they might not find journal articles to be as useful for learning toward changing patient care.
Teaching/Learning Implication: The results of this study suggests that physicians may learn from medical journal articles irrespective of whether they make a commitment to change practices and that journal reading may be useful at all stages of the learning process. ACCP has initiated a journal CME program, and survey results of our educational course attendees and membership, continue to indicate a strong need for this mode of learning.
For more information on this study, go to http://www.jcehp.com/vol24/2404.asp |
