General physician's educational needs about continuous medical education programs held in Zanjan

Continuous Medical Education (CME) programs are those educational activities held after graduation to ameliorate physician's knowledge, skill and professional practice. This study was conducted to evaluate general practitioner’s educational needs about effectiveness of the CME programs held by Zanjan University of Medical Sciences This study was conducted by using questionnaires on 450 general physicians working in Zanjan province who have attended CME programs from Nov 2008 to Feb 2009. The five first priorities proposed by physicians were Radiology (26), Gynecology (26), Emergency 2 (25), Pediatrics 2 (24) and Internal medicine 9 (24). The most useful programs were Emergency 1 (58), Poisoning (56), Practical emergency (46), Headache and low back pain (51), and the least were out patient centers management (35),and occupational medicine (35). The five first priorities of CME programs for general physicians were determined as Emergencies1&2, Poisoning, Asthma-Allergy, and Radiology.