Horn K D, Sholehvar D, Nine J, Gilbertson J, Hatton C, Richert C, Becich M J
Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997 Jun;121(6):641-5.
To present interactive online continuing medical education (CME) over the World Wide Web as a more efficient alternative to traditional modes of CME delivery.
A departmental Web site available to those with access to the Internet.
A tertiary-care teaching hospital in the United States.
Comprehensive case studies have been developed and are complete with images, text, and questions, including explanations for correct and incorrect responses. The images are linked to pertinent text to maximize their educational value. The cases are easily accessible, user friendly, and fully referenced. The system became operational in January 1996, and the first CME certificate was awarded to a participant shortly thereafter.
Continuing medical education over the World Wide Web is an efficient means of delivering CME to the community at large; it allows participating physicians the latitude to obtain convenient CME credit at their leisure, in contrast to the regimented experience of formal CME conferences or symposiums. The interactive format of the CME cases allows the participant to submit immediate comments or criticism to case authors and receive instant feedback on their own performance, features unavailable in comparable educational software packages. The dynamic environment of the World Wide Web lends itself to the production and dissemination of such flexible forms of CME for the physician and will continue to expand in this capacity into the foreseeable future.
通过万维网提供交互式在线继续医学教育（CME），作为传统CME授课模式更高效的替代方式。
一个可供有互联网接入权限者访问的部门网站。
美国一家三级护理教学医院。
已开发出全面的案例研究，配有图像、文本和问题，包括对正确和错误答案的解释。图像与相关文本相链接，以最大化其教育价值。这些案例易于获取、用户友好且有完整的参考文献。该系统于1996年1月投入使用，此后不久就向一名参与者颁发了第一份CME证书。
通过万维网进行继续医学教育是向广大社区提供CME的一种有效方式；与正式CME会议或研讨会那种严格的体验不同，它使参与的医生能够在闲暇时方便地获得CME学分。CME案例的交互式形式允许参与者立即向案例作者提交评论或批评，并获得关于自身表现的即时反馈，这是类似教育软件包所没有的功能。万维网的动态环境适合为医生制作和传播这种灵活形式的CME，并且在可预见的未来将继续在这方面不断扩展。
