Table 1 Surveys of CME preferences
From: General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective
Study Source | Sampling method* | Sample | Favorite learning formats (or offers) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Slotnick et al. 1994 [57] | R | Practicing physicians from the AMA Physician master file | Other research questions | US |
Haug 1997 [15] | 6 × R 6 × C | Meta-analytic study of 12 studies with 20 strata groups, mostly General Practitioners and Family Physicians | Books, journals, colleagues, courses, and meetings (less: library references) | US |
Hayward et al. 1997 [58] | R | Physicians | Other research questions | Canada |
Tinsley et al. 1998 [59] | R | Psychiatric Physicians and Family Physicians | Other research questions | US (Minnesota) |
Verhoeven et al. 1999 [38] | R | General Practitioners | Drug reference and private books, colleagues (less CD-Rom and internet) | Netherlands |
Smith et al. 2000 [60] | R | 14 medical societies with antimicrobial-resistance educational offerings | All societies supported educational offerings, most frequently as professional meetings, followed by audiotapes, computer programs, Internet sites, or print-based self-study materials. | US |
Brown et al. 2001 [29] | R | Members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America | Journal articles, local ground rounds and meetings | US |
Butzlaff et al. 2001 [61] | C | Physicians in hospitals | Colleagues, journals, books, conferences (less: internet, consultants, and pharmaceutical representatives) | Germany |
Slotnick et al. 2001 [62] | R | Physicians (sampled from doctors with faculty appointments and no such appointments) | Colleagues, journals, review articles | US (North Dakota) |
Stancic et al. 2003 [63] | C | Physicians of 4 rural areas | Live lectures out of the offering of the three formats live lectures, videotapes, and World Wide Web-based training | US (Texas) |
Sargeant et al. 2004 [41] | P | Physicians of three Canadian universities | Other research questions | Canada |
Bower et al. 2008 [39] | R | Physicians | Other research questions | US (Oregon) |
Butzlaff et al. 2002 [16] Vollmar et al. 2008 [17] | C | General Practitioners after initial and after a period of 6 years | Journals, colleagues and quality circles (relative constant) | Germany |