Associations Between Physician Continuous Professional Development and Referral Patterns: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

David A CookChristopher R StephensonV Shane PankratzJohn M WilkinsonStephen MaloneyLarry J ProkopJonathan Foo

Published in: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (2022)

Although between-study differences are large, CPD is associated with statistically significant changes in patient referral rates in the intended direction of impact. There are few head-to-head comparisons of alternate CPD interventions using referrals as outcomes.

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