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Volume 10 (4)
Volume 10, Issue 4, 1990 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1990; 10(4):321-328
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Colin R. Woolf, MD, FRCPC, FRCP A b s t r a c t The PECE Plan is a system to provide direct assistance to physicians in meeting their individualized educational needs. Physicians in six semi-rural communities in Ontario, Canada, have participated in the project. Questionnaires were sent asking for detailed information on their structured and self-learning needs. The replies of 35 physicians have been analyzed. For structured learning 54 topics were requested, and for self-learning 106 topics. There was remarkable agreement in the areas of most interest for both structured and self-learning: cardiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and preventive medicine. Interest in a subject was the main motivating force, with about half as many requests related to perceived weaknesses. For structured learning, emphasis was on updates with particular interest in acute aspects of disease and courses were the most popular format. Usually, physicians wished to attend a CME event once a year. For self-learning needs, updates and reviews were equally popular, as were acute and chronic aspects of disease. Most requests were for reprints rather than abstracts, and computer-assisted instruction requests made up 23% of the total. The average cost of providing an educational package to each physician was $215. The system developed by PECE Plan is useful when designing part of the self-directed educational aspect of a maintenance-of-competence system. Keywords: Personal continuing education; perceived needs; structured learning; self-learning; costs; maintenance of competence |
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