An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment
The aims of this assessment were to describe the requirements for physicians to engage in CME/CPD; explore perceptions of in-country SMEs of their CME/CPD systems; describe perceptions of in-country physicians about interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) and independent CME/CPD; and provide r...
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| description | The aims of this assessment were to describe the requirements for physicians to engage in CME/CPD; explore perceptions of in-country SMEs of their CME/CPD systems; describe perceptions of in-country physicians about interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) and independent CME/CPD; and provide recommendations that may be adopted to improve quality and effectiveness. An assessment of CME/CPD systems in the Middle East and North Africa was conducted using a mixed-methods approach that included 1:1 interviews with in-country SMEs and an electronic survey capturing qualitative and quantitative data from practicing in-country physicians. The results of this assessment were strongly influenced by Egypt and Israel in the Middle East, and Algeria and Morocco in North Africa. The CME/CPD systems demonstrate wide variation from absent/immature systems to robust/mature systems. Strategies to improve the quality of the CME/CPD systems range from implementing basic standards in North Africa to evaluating the impact of CME/CPD in practice in the Middle East. The maturity of CME/CPD systems seems to affect physician awareness, independence from the influence of pharmaceutical companies over education, and IPCE, with more mature systems having a positive relationship to awareness, independence and engagement in IPCE. Maturity of CME/CPD systems is less tied to physician perceptions of value of CME/CPD, hours of participation, perceptions of what is missing from current systems, and preferred formats of education. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7d3d90c8ae7c417488e278474a986da42024-12-10T17:51:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of CME2833-80732024-12-0113110.1080/28338073.2024.2435737An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods AssessmentLawrence Sherman0Samar Aboulsoud1Kathy Chappell2Exeuctive Office, Meducate Global, LLC, Tierra Verde, FL, USAExeuctive Office, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USAThe aims of this assessment were to describe the requirements for physicians to engage in CME/CPD; explore perceptions of in-country SMEs of their CME/CPD systems; describe perceptions of in-country physicians about interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) and independent CME/CPD; and provide recommendations that may be adopted to improve quality and effectiveness. An assessment of CME/CPD systems in the Middle East and North Africa was conducted using a mixed-methods approach that included 1:1 interviews with in-country SMEs and an electronic survey capturing qualitative and quantitative data from practicing in-country physicians. The results of this assessment were strongly influenced by Egypt and Israel in the Middle East, and Algeria and Morocco in North Africa. The CME/CPD systems demonstrate wide variation from absent/immature systems to robust/mature systems. Strategies to improve the quality of the CME/CPD systems range from implementing basic standards in North Africa to evaluating the impact of CME/CPD in practice in the Middle East. The maturity of CME/CPD systems seems to affect physician awareness, independence from the influence of pharmaceutical companies over education, and IPCE, with more mature systems having a positive relationship to awareness, independence and engagement in IPCE. Maturity of CME/CPD systems is less tied to physician perceptions of value of CME/CPD, hours of participation, perceptions of what is missing from current systems, and preferred formats of education.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28338073.2024.2435737Continuing medical educationcontinuing professional developmentCME/CPD systemsmiddle eastNorth Africaglobal assessment |
| spellingShingle | Lawrence Sherman Samar Aboulsoud Kathy Chappell An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment Journal of CME Continuing medical education continuing professional development CME/CPD systems middle east North Africa global assessment |
| title | An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment |
| title_full | An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment |
| title_fullStr | An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment |
| title_short | An Overview of Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Systems in the Middle East and North Africa: A Mixed Methods Assessment |
| title_sort | overview of continuing medical education continuing professional development systems in the middle east and north africa a mixed methods assessment |
| topic | Continuing medical education continuing professional development CME/CPD systems middle east North Africa global assessment |
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