Abstract
Continuing medical education (CME) is designed to keep physicians up-to-date on ever-changing
practices and guidelines to provide patients with high quality care. CME is especially
important in the field of neurology due to rapidly evolving knowledge and medical
advances, and is a required element of maintenance of certification. CME itself has
evolved from a passive, didactic approach to a learner-centered approach which utilizes
new technologies, online learning, and simulations. CME improves knowledge, skills,
and, to a lesser extent, patient outcomes, with multimodal, interactive interventions
found to be most effective in teaching health care professionals. However, little
data are available on CME in neurology. There is a significant gap in knowledge about
CME interventions that work for neurologists. Rigorous education research, as well
as making effective CME interventions more readily available to neurologists, is critical
to optimize lifelong learning of physicians in the field of neurology.
Keywords
continuing medical education - CME - neurology