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ArticleJournal of CME2024

Effect of COVID-19 on Continuing Education Activities and Learner Interactions: Report from Six Accreditation Systems.

Kate Regnier, Amy Smith, Jean-Philippe Natali, Siritio Berthe, Reinhard Griebenow, Robert Schaefer, Joerg Stein, Essam Elsayed, Michel Smith

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Article in Journal of CME, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kate RegnierAccreditation Council for CME (ACCME), Chicago, USA.
Amy SmithAmerican Academy for Family Physicians (AAFP), Leawood, USA.
Jean-Philippe NataliAgence Nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu (ANDPC), Paris, France.
Siritio BertheAgence Nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu (ANDPC), Paris, France.
Reinhard GriebenowEuropean Cardiology Section Foundation (ECSF), Cologne, Germany.
Robert SchaeferEuropean Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC), Cologne, Germany.
Joerg SteinEuropean Cardiology Section Foundation (ECSF), Cologne, Germany.
Essam ElsayedMinistry of Public Health (MoPH), Doha, Qatar.
Michel SmithRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Ottawa, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had disruptive effects on all parts of the health-care system, including the continuing education (CE) landscape. This report documents, what has happened in six different CE accreditation systems to CE activities as well as learners. Complete lockdown periods in the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitably led to reductions in numbers of the then predominant format of education, i.e. onsite in-person meetings. However, with impressive speed CE providers have switched to online educational formats. With regard to learner interactions this has compensated, and in some systems even overcompensated, the loss of in-person educational opportunities. Thus, our data convincingly demonstrate the resilience of CPD in times of a global health crisis and offer important insights in how CPD might become more effective in the future.

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accreditation systemscontinuing education activitiesCovid-19 pandemiclearner interactions

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PMID38952925
PMCPMC11216726

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