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Volume 19 (4)
Volume 19, Issue 4, Fall 1999
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1999; 19(4):200-207
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Commitment to Change: Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Outcomes
Paul E. Mazmanian, PhD
Pamela M. Mazmanian, MA
A b s t r a c t
During the past three decades, the commitment-to-change strategy has been used
to promote as well as measure behavioral change. The present inquiry stakes out theoretical
foundations for the commitment-to-change strategy and identifies methods associated with its
implementation for both promulgating and assessing behavioral change. Theoretical foundations
of the commitment-to-change model are compared with the Innovation-Decision and
Change and Learning models. Outcomes associated with all three models are linked to corresponding
methods of assessment.
Keywords: Continuing Medical Education; Commitment to Change; Models of Change; Self-Directed Learning; Theories of Human Action
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