A district branch survey on attitudes toward obligatory continuing
medical education (CME) and mandatory recertification indicated that most
respondents approved the concept of lifelong learning. However, proposed
methods of implementation of CME were criticized on grounds of
commercialization, bureaucratization, poor quality, wasting time and money,
excessive external control over learning, and flawed requirements.
Objections to mandatory recertification centered mainly on an abhorrence of
Board-type examinations. The author offers suggestions to program directors
and sponsors, educational researchers, and CME administrators as to ways to
answer these criticisms of CME and recertification.Abstract Teaser