Table 1 The expanded outcomes framework for planning and assessing continuing medical education activities by Moore et al. [15]: Definitions
Educational outcome | Definition |
|---|---|
Satisfaction | “The degree to which the expectations of the participants about the setting and delivery of the [CE] activity were met.” |
Learning | “The degree to which the participants state what the [CE] activity intended them to know [or] the degree to which participants state how to do what the [CE] activity intended them to know how to do [it].” |
Competence | “The degree to which participants show in an educational setting how to do what the [CE] activity intended them to be able to do.” |
Performance | “The degree to which participants do what the [CE] activity intended them to be able to do in their practices.” |
Patient outcome | “The degree to which the health status of patients improves due to changes in the practice behavior of participants.” |