Al-Shehri Ali M, Alhaqwi Ali I, Al-Sultan Mohammed A
Department of Family Medicine, Academic Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences - National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Saudi Med. 2008 Sep-Oct;28(5):378-81. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.378.
The issue of continuing medical education (CME) in Saudi Arabia is no longer quantity but rather quality. Quality Management (QM) of the current huge number of CME activities is essential to ensure its merits and outcomes. Sound evaluation is the cornerstone of any QM process to CME. However, issues related to models of evaluation, CME stakeholders, principles of adult learning and assessment should be considered before deciding on the type of evaluation appropriate for QM of CME. Our aim is to draw attention to the importance of developing a QM process for CME that is valid, reliable, feasible and acceptable to different CME stakeholders. The huge volume of CME programs needs QM to ensure its utility for healthcare providers and consumers. Understanding relevant evaluation models and the complexity of evaluating CME is a necessary step towards appropriate action.
沙特阿拉伯继续医学教育（CME）的问题不再是数量问题，而是质量问题。对当前大量的继续医学教育活动进行质量管理（QM）对于确保其优点和成果至关重要。合理的评估是继续医学教育任何质量管理过程的基石。然而，在确定适合继续医学教育质量管理的评估类型之前，应考虑与评估模式、继续医学教育利益相关者、成人学习原则和评估相关的问题。我们的目标是提请人们注意为继续医学教育制定一个有效、可靠、可行且为不同继续医学教育利益相关者所接受的质量管理过程的重要性。大量的继续医学教育项目需要质量管理来确保其对医疗服务提供者和消费者的效用。了解相关评估模式以及评估继续医学教育的复杂性是采取适当行动的必要步骤。
