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1)   Clinical Experience and Relationship to Quality of Care
2)   Continuing Medical Education (CME)
3)   Continuous Professional Development/Lifelong Learning
4)   Public Perceptions and Expectations of Physicians
5)   Physician Surveys
6)   Professionalism
7)   Quality ofCare
8)   Self-Assessment
9)   Specialty Board Certification
10) National dialogue calling for physicians' greater accountability to the public

1) Clinical Experience and Relationship to Quality of Care

1. Choudry NK, Fletcher R. Systematic Review: The Relationship between Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142(4):260-273.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/4/260
   
   
2. Eva KW. The Aging Physician: Changes in Cognitive Processes and Their Impact on Medical Practice. Acad Med. 2002;77(10)(suppl):S1-S6.
   http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2002/10001/The_Aging_Physician__Changes_in_Cognitive.2.aspx

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2) Continuing Medical Education (CME)

1. Marinopoulos SS, Dorman T, Ratanawongsa N, Wilson LM, Ashar BH, Magaziner JL, Miller RG, Thomas PA, Prokopowicz GP, Qayyum R, Bass EB. Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 149 (Prepared by the Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0018.) AHRQ Publication No. 07-E006. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007.
   http://ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?a=b&item=31949
2. Robertson MK, Umble KE, Cervero RM. Impact Studies in Continuing Education for Health Professions: Update. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2003;23:146-156.
   http://www.jcehp.com/vol23/2303_robertson.asp
3. Davis D, O'Brien M, Freemantle N, Wolf F, Mazmanian P, Taylor-Vaisey A. Impact of Formal Continuing Medical Education. Do Conferences, Workshops, Rounds, and Other Traditional Continuing Education Activities Change Physician Behavior or Health Care Outcomes? JAMA. 1999;282:867-874.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/282/9/867
4. Cantillon P, Jones, R. Does continuing medical education in general practice make a difference? BMJ. 1999;318:1276-1279.
   http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/318/7193/1276
5. The Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation. Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning. New York, New York: The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008.
   http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/index.php?section=publications
6. The Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation. Chairman's Summary of the Conference on Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning. New York, New York: The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008.
   http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/index.php?section=publications
7. Miller SH, Thompson JN, Mazmanina PE, Aparicio A, Davis DA, Spivey BE, Kahn NB. Continuing medical education, professional development, and requirements for medical licensure: A white paper of the Conjoint Committee on Continuing Medical Education. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2008; 28(2):95.
   http://www.jcehp.com/vol28/2802_miller.asp

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3) Continuous Professional Development/Lifelong Learning

1. Davis D, Evans M, Jadad A, Perrier L, Rath D, Ryan D, Sibbald G, Straus S, Rappolt S, Wowk M, Zwarenstein M. The case for knowledge translation: shortening the journey from evidence to effect. BMJ 2003;327;33-35. Available at:
   http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7405/33

2. Wasserman SI, Kimball HR, Duffy FD. Recertification in Internal Medicine: A Program of Continuous Professional Development. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:202-208.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/3/202
3. The Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation. Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning. New York, New York: The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008.
   http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/index.php?section=publications
4. The Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation. Chairman's Summary of the Conference on Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning. New York, New York: The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008.
   http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/index.php?section=publications
5. Council of Medical Specialty Societies. The Measurement of Health Care Performance: A Primer from the CMSS. Minnetonka, MN: United Health Foundation, 2007. Available at:
   http://www.cmss.org/index.cfm?p=readmore&itemID=1316&detail=News%20Items
Lifelong Learning (see Continuous Professional Development)

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4) Public Perceptions and Expectations of Physicians

1. AARP. Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality in Virginia: Survey of Residents Age 50+. Washington, DC: AARP, 2007.
   http://www.aarp.org/research/health/carequality/va_care_07.html

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5) Physician Surveys

1. Campbell EG, Regan S, Gruen RL, Ferris TG, Rao SR, Cleary PD, Blumenthal D. Professionalism in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:795-802.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/147/11/795

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6) Professionalism

1. ABIM Foundation, ACP-ASIM Foundation, European Federation of Internal Medicine. Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter. Ann Intern Med. 2002; 136:243-246.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/136/3/243

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7) Quality of Care

1. Asch SM, Kerr EA, Keesey J, Adams JL, Setodji CM, Malik S, McGlynn EA. Who Is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-Quality Health Care? New England Journal of Medicine. 2006;354:1147-1156.
   http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/03.15b.html
2. Holmboe ES, Lipner RS, Greiner A. Assessing Quality of Care: Knowledge Matters. JAMA. 2008; 299(3):338-340.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/3/338.pdf?ijkey=HGjUvlzrRQbUJH8&keytype=finite
3. Council of Medical Specialty Societies. The Measurement of Health Care Performance: A Primer from the CMSS. Minnetonka, MN: United Health Foundation, 2007. Available at:
   http://www.cmss.org/index.cfm?p=readmore&itemID=1316&detail=News%20Items
4. Institute of Medicine. To Err is Human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1999.
   http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309068371
5. Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
   http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309072808
6. McGlynn EA, Asch SM, Adams J, Keesey J, Hicks J, DeCristofaro A, Kerr EA. The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 2003; 348(26): 2635-45.
   http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/348/26/2635

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8) Self-Assessment

1. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. Volume 28, Issue 1, Winter 2008. (Note: This edition of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions contains numerous articles regarding self-assessment, any of which may be of interest. Therefore, this edition of the Journal is listed as a whole, rather than by article. A link to the Table of Contents, which contains links to the individual articles, is provided below.)
   http://www.jcehp.com/vol28/2801.asp

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9) Specialty Board Certification

1. Brennan TA, Horwitz RI, Duffy D, Cassel CK, Goode LD, Lipner RS. The Role of Physician Specialty Board Certification Status in the Quality Movement. JAMA. 2004;292:1038-1043.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/292/9/1038
2. Wasserman SI, Kimball HR, Duffy FD. Recertification in Internal Medicine: A Program of Continuous Professional Development. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:202-208.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/3/202

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10) National dialogue calling for physicians' greater accountability to the public

1. Cohen JJ, Cruess S, Davidson C. Alliance Between Society and Medicine The Public's Stake in Medical Professionalism. JAMA. 2007;298:670-673.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/298/6/670
2. Institute of Medicine. To Err is Human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1999.
   http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309068371
3. Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
   http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309072808
4. Institute of Medicine. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2003.
   http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10681
5. Finocchio L J, Dower C M, McMahon T, Gragnola C M and the Taskforce on Health Care Workforce Regulation. Reforming Health Care Workforce Regulation: Policy Considerations for the 21st Century. San Francisco, CA: Pew Health Professions Commission, 1995.
   http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/reforming.pdf

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