Continuing Education Meetings and Workshops: Effects on professional practice and health care outcomes

This paper describes research assessing the effects of educational meetings on professional practice and healthcare outcomes. The authors found educational meetings, alone or combined with other interventions, can improve professional practice and healthcare outcomes for the patients. They also describe strategies to make healthcare meetings more effective.

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Forsetlund, L., Bjorndal, A., Rashidian, A., Jamtvedt, G., O’Brien, M. A., Wolf, F., and Oxman, A. D.

Year of Publication:

2009

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