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1Medical Informatics Laboratory, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, CLN Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. bergeronbryan@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Online options for continuing medical education (CME) are multiplying, thanks to technologies such as really simple syndication (RSS) feeds, podcasts, and blogs. As with traditional CME modalities, there are issues of accreditation, quality, cost, and relevance. Physician-directed syndication technologies are especially significant in the area of relevance, because they provide subscriber-side filtering of the growing amount of information available online. As the medical education community embraces the technologies enabling targeted dissemination of information, physicians can expect more and better focused medical education experiences.
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