Lathrop F D
Laryngoscope. 1980 Dec;90(12):1975-80. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198012000-00008.
Continuing medical education is rapidly growing. During the four-year period between 1974-75 and 1978-79, the number of continuing medical education courses in otolaryngology increased 136%. It has become a mandatory requirement for membership in 19 state medical societies and is also a mandatory requirement for relicensure in 12 states. Although voluntary continuing medical education has proved to be satisfactory in maintaining a physician's competency in the past, the present trend is toward mandatory continuing medical education in order to ensure better health care for the public. Methods of obtaining continuing medical education are discussed and suggestions made as to how these could be improved.
继续医学教育正在迅速发展。在1974 - 1975年至1978 - 1979年的四年间，耳鼻喉科继续医学教育课程的数量增长了136%。它已成为19个州医学协会会员资格的强制要求，也是12个州重新获得行医执照的强制要求。尽管过去自愿性继续医学教育在维持医生的能力方面已被证明是令人满意的，但目前的趋势是朝着强制性继续医学教育发展，以确保为公众提供更好的医疗保健。本文讨论了获得继续医学教育的方法，并就如何改进这些方法提出了建议。
