[Continuous medical education and patient safety]

There is evidence that Continuous Medical Education (CME) can improve patient outcomes. Interventions involving bundles of activities, such as evidence based routines, new skills and team training of the skills and routines seem to be effective. There is some evidence that healthy staff delivers better care, and that burn-out can be a risk to patients as well as staff. To increase quality and better enforce the need for CME we suggest that education should be part of quality and patient safety organizations.