| Methods and definition of terms: effectiveness of continuing medical education: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Educational Guidelines. | |
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PMID: 19265072 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: A core mission of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) is the education of its members, including continuing medical education (CME). The question of what evidence supports the effectiveness of CME activities became central to the ACCP's Educational Resources Division and its education committee. METHODS: An application for consideration as a topic for an evidenced-based guideline was submitted to the ACCP Health and Science Policy Committee in 2004. The application was approved contingent on acceptance by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as a topic for an evidence-based review to be awarded to an AHRQ evidence-based practice center (EPC). The topic was accepted by AHRQ, with a collaborative revision developed by AHRQ and ACCP of the focused questions submitted in the nomination. The AHRQ awarded the evidence review to The Johns Hopkins University EPC (Baltimore, MD). An expert writing panel was assembled comprising methodologists from the EPC, and recommendations were developed from the EPC evidence review and graded using the ACCP system of categorizing the strength of each recommendation and the quality of evidence. CONCLUSIONS: This section describes the processes used to develop these guidelines, including identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing the evidence; assessing the strength of evidence; and grading each recommendation. |
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Authors:
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Spyridon S Marinopoulos; Michael H Baumann; |
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Type: Journal Article; Practice Guideline |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chest Volume: 135 ISSN: 1931-3543 ISO Abbreviation: Chest Publication Date: 2009 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-03-06 Completed Date: 2009-04-09 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0231335 Medline TA: Chest Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 17S-28S Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. smarino1@jhmi.edu |
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Clinical Competence Education, Medical, Continuing / methods*, standards Evidence-Based Medicine / methods*, standards Humans Pulmonary Medicine / education, standards Terminology as Topic* United States |
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