Continuing Professional Development of Physicians: From Research to Practice Book

The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of physicians, formerly called Continuing Medical Education, greatly expands what physicians can do with the help of educational experts to provide optimal patient care. The Continuing Professional Development of Physicians: From Research to Practice takes the concept of CPD, which has been adopted by the American Medical Association, and turns it from theory into practice as an agent for positive physician performance change. The book embraces a broad view of lifelong learning for physicians and contains: -16 chapters edited and organized into three major sections -The opinions of more than two dozen noted contributors from throughout medical education -Thoughts on how forces driving the evolution of the physician workforce are affecting the approach to lifelong learning -The importance of physicians reflecting on their clinical experience to direct their learning -Specific examples of ways to help the self-directed learnerRead More