Barham P M, Benseman J
J Med Educ. 1984 Aug;59(8):649-54. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198408000-00005.
Continuing professional education has become increasingly recognized as an essential element of a professional's working life. Because participation in continuing education is usually on a voluntary basis, it is essential that organizers of continuing education understand the patterns of participation among their prospective clientele. Such an understanding can help identify areas of deficiency in program provisions as well as indicate possible ways of rectifying them. The study reported here surveyed approximately one-third of all general practitioners in New Zealand on their present participation in continuing medical education (CME), their attitudes toward continuing learning, and their specific preferences for future CME programs. Although overall rates of CME participation are very high, there are nonetheless significant variations in the amount of continuing education that general practitioners undertake. The rate of CME participation appears to be linked with the general practitioner's degree of involvement in a wide range of professional activities, and those general practitioners who are only minimally involved have lower rates of CME participation.
持续专业教育已日益被视为专业人士职业生涯的一个基本要素。由于参与继续教育通常是自愿的，继续教育的组织者了解潜在客户群体的参与模式至关重要。这样的了解有助于确定项目提供方面的不足之处，并指出纠正这些不足的可能方法。此处报告的研究对新西兰所有全科医生的大约三分之一进行了调查，了解他们目前参与继续医学教育（CME）的情况、对持续学习的态度以及对未来CME项目的具体偏好。尽管CME的总体参与率非常高，但全科医生接受的继续教育量仍存在显著差异。CME的参与率似乎与全科医生参与广泛专业活动的程度有关，而那些参与度最低的全科医生CME参与率较低。
