Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development in health care: a critical review of the evidence

The literature on the effectiveness of CPD continues to expand, but effectiveness is not a sufficient criterion for implementation. For scarce resources to be devoted to CPD, the relative cost effectiveness of different educational interventions must be established, and those offering the most value...

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Published in:	BMJ Vol. 324; no. 7338; pp. 652 - 655
Main Authors:	Brown, C A, Belfield, C R, Field, S J
Format:	Journal Article Book Review
Language:	English
Published:	London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 16-03-2002 British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group BMJ
Edition:	International edition
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Cephalopelvic disproportion Cost analysis Cost benefit analysis Cost control Cost effectiveness analysis Cost efficiency Delivery of Health Care - economics Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration Education, Continuing - economics Evidence-Based Medicine General aspects Health care costs Health care industry Health Personnel - education Health systems. Social services Humans Learning In Practice Medical sciences Professional development Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Research methods Staff Development - economics Staff Development - organization & administration United Kingdom Europe UK Human Health staff Health promotion Health Health economy Quality Development Epidemiology Bibliographic review Public health Care Cost efficiency analysis
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Summary:	The literature on the effectiveness of CPD continues to expand, but effectiveness is not a sufficient criterion for implementation. For scarce resources to be devoted to CPD, the relative cost effectiveness of different educational interventions must be established, and those offering the most value for money must be implemented. An investment in high quality evaluations would therefore reap health benefits for the public and ease policy makers' decisions about resource allocation.
Bibliography:	ArticleID:bmj.324.7338.652 istex:B14898C7C6F207F9BB0964DDC978C04EE9282097 PMID:11895825 ark:/67375/NVC-PW4FJC65-F href:bmj-324-652.pdf local:bmj;324/7338/652 Correspondence to: C A Brown ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 content type line 1 Correspondence to: C A Brown C.A.Brown@bham.ac.uk Contributors: CAB, who is guarantor for the study, collected the data and helped analyse the data and write the article. CRB helped analyse the data and write the article. SJF helped write the article.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.324.7338.652