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The -ob of the hospitals for the physi$ians is to .eep
them $redential /ith the .no/ledge and pra$ti$es before see
patients. &ontinuous professional de0elopment through
edu$ational a$ti0ities is impartial /hi$h ser0e to maintain#
de0elop# or in$rease the .no/ledge# s.ills# and performan$e
that a physi$ian uses to pro0ide ser0i$es to the patients.
1o/e0er# /ith in$reasing number of patients# medi$al
manifestations# as /ell as its /or.loads# the learning pro$ess
might be interrupted due to time $onstraint. 1en$e# $ontinuing
medi$al edu$ation lends an added signifi$an$e shared for their
ability to su$$in$tly and effi$iently impart important $lini$al
$on$epts and pra$ti$e guidelines 0ital to maintaining
$ompeten$e and e0ol0ing ne/ s.ills.
1ealth professionals /ill need to de0elop the s.ills to
use te$hnology and its appli$ation su$h e"learning in their
$lini$al pra$ti$e. A$$ording to &arabaneanu# Trandfir 2
3ailu (!445)#67ith e"learning# the possibilities for getting
.no/ledge and information out to the learner at her/his o/n
pa$e opened a /hole ne/ /orld for .no/ledge transfer.8
There is an in$reasing trend for de0eloping e"learning modules
for medi$al training espe$ially online $ontinuing medi$al
edu$ation. 90iden$e suggests that there are abundan$e amount
of $ase"studies ha0e been done that aims to impro0e
management and deli0ery of ser0i$es after attending online
&39. :or physi$ians# ta.ing part in &39 as an approa$h not
only limited to re$ei0ing &39 $redits# but it also help to instill
.no/ledge into pra$ti$e# influen$e better performan$e and
impro0e health out$omes.
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