Stewart Grant D, Khadra Mohamed H
Department of Urology, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, United Kingdom.
Aust Health Rev. 2009 Feb;33(1):47-56. doi: 10.1071/ah090047.
Currently, it is not clear which continuing medical education (CME) methods are being used by senior doctors and what their attitudes towards them are. The aims of this study were to investigate which modes of CME delivery senior Australian doctors utilise, to assess doctors' attitudes towards CME and to determine any differences in modes used and attitudes between clinical specialties and practice locations.
A 52-statement questionnaire enquiring about doctors' current CME activities and their attitudes towards CME was distributed to 1336 senior Australian doctors.
494 doctors responded to the questionnaire. Traditional forms of CME (eg, meetings, conferences, journals and lectures) were most commonly used. Doctors thought CME involving face-to-face interaction was superior to electronic forms of CME. All doctors, especially those in hospital practice, had a positive attitude towards CME but found lack of time a barrier to learning. Rural doctors found CME sessions more difficult to attend than did their metropolitan colleagues.
Traditional forms of CME were more popular than modern CME approaches, such as e-learning. Australian doctors had a positive attitude towards undertaking CME despite struggling to find time to perform CME. The differences in attitudes towards CME demonstrated between specialties and different practice location will aid future CME planning.
目前尚不清楚高级医生正在使用哪些继续医学教育（CME）方法以及他们对这些方法的态度如何。本研究的目的是调查澳大利亚高级医生使用哪些继续医学教育模式，评估医生对继续医学教育的态度，并确定临床专科和执业地点在使用的模式和态度上是否存在差异。
向1336名澳大利亚高级医生发放了一份包含52个条目的问卷，询问医生当前的继续医学教育活动及其对继续医学教育的态度。
494名医生回复了问卷。继续医学教育的传统形式（如会议、研讨会、期刊和讲座）使用最为普遍。医生们认为涉及面对面互动的继续医学教育优于继续医学教育的电子形式。所有医生，尤其是医院执业医生，对继续医学教育持积极态度，但认为时间不足是学习的障碍。农村医生发现参加继续医学教育课程比他们的城市同行更困难。
继续医学教育的传统形式比现代继续医学教育方法（如电子学习）更受欢迎。尽管难以抽出时间参加继续医学教育，但澳大利亚医生对参加继续医学教育持积极态度。专科和不同执业地点之间在对继续医学教育的态度上存在的差异将有助于未来的继续医学教育规划。
