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Advances in Medical Education and Training
For centuries, medical education was obtained by serving an apprenticeship
with established physicians or obtaining a degree from an established University.
Incorporating new knowledge and skills into one’s practice requires a commitment to
lifetime learning. Traditional Continuing Medical Education (CME) had no formal
requirements for many centuries, although there is ample documentation of efforts
to make certain that lifetime learning was being followed, dating back to at least the
fourteenth century. Although CME was recognized as one of the silos of medical
education for many years, the current system for accreditation of CME in the United
States only dates back to 1968. The establishment of and current operation of this
system will be presented in this manuscript.
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