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Volume 16 (4)
Volume 16, Issue 4, Fall 1996 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1996; 16(3):241-249
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Magne Nylenna, MD Olaf G. Aasland, MD Erik Falkum, MD A b s t r a c t The aim of this study was to investigate physicians’ coping with the increasing body of medical knowledge and the relation between this coping and their continuing medical education (CME) activities. A cross-sectional postal survey among a randomized sample of 1476 Norwegian physicians was conducted. The main outcome measure was a self-reported ability to obtain sufficient information to keep updated in their daily work. The relative risks of being a coper are given as odds ratios (ORs) for the categories of seven hypothetical predictor variables. The response rate was 70.5%, with 68.5% of the physicians reporting that they are able to obtain the sufficient information for keeping updated. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, being a male (OR: 1.75, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25–2.45), attending conferences or meetings more than 15 days per year (OR: 2.69, CI: 1.62–4.48), and reading medical literature more than 2 hours per week (OR: 1.97, CI: 1.33–2.91) were significant predictors of such coping. Physicians who managed to cope with the medical information had a lower level of emotional distress (OR: 2.00, CI: 1.21–3.30) and a higher level of job satisfaction (OR: 1.55, CI: 1.14–2.12) than noncopers. Physicians who give CME activities a high priority are more likely to regard themselves sufficiently updated than others. The ability to cope with the increasing flow of medical information is clearly related to doctors’ well-being and job satisfaction. Keywords: Continuing medical education; coping, information; job satisfaction; reading |
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