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Volume 19 (4)
Volume 19, Issue 4, Fall 1999
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1999; 19(4):214-221
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Measurement of Learning Outcomes in Continuing Professional Development
Janet Grant, BA, MSc, PhD, FBPsS, FRCGP
A b s t r a c t
Outcome measures for continuing education are important for the profession, health
service managers, statutory bodies, the government, the public, and education providers. However,
outcome measurement offers challenges of methodology. Finding measures that are
appropriate to expert clinical practice demands a new approach based both on existing methods
and on professional judgments. Outcome measurement also poses questions about cause
and effect, because the extent to which any measured outcome can be attributed to specific
educational interventions is limited by factors that intervene between an identified educational
need, the subsequent education, and changes based on that education.
Keywords: Continuing Medical Education; Continuing Professional Development; Outcome Measures
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