CME & Lifelong Learning

AAFP Study: Multiple Efforts Lead to Sustainable Practice Improvements

(04/16/2008) -- When it comes to boosting performance in an area of your practice, don't undertake just one activity, such as a CME course, and expect a measurably meaningful, sustainable improvement. Instead, combine several activities for a prolonged period to bring about the change you want. So says the study "Impact of Educational Interventions on Physician Performance and Patient Outcomes," which was published recently in CE Measure, the journal of outcomes measurement in continuing health care education. More

AAFP Foundation Lands $2.9 Million Grant

Award Will Fund Multiple Programs to Enhance Geriatric Care

(04/10/2008) -- Family physicians and America's seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and implement educational programs for FPs, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for America's seniors. More

California AFP Has Key Role in Ambitious Effort to Fight Tobacco Use

(04/04/2008) -- The California AFP is partnering with eight other organizations in a multi-year CME initiative designed to significantly reduce the number of Americans who smoke. The initiative's primary goal is to educate at least 46,000 physicians and other health care professionals about effective ways to help patients quit. Hand-in-hand with that goal will be providing useful tools to help clinicians implement what they've learned. More