TY - JOUR ID - 48041 TI - A Qualitative Study on Continuing Medical Education Programs for Practicing Ophthalmologists in Iran: Changing Previous Norms JO - Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism JA - JAMP LA - en SN - 2322-2220 AU - FAGHIHI, SEYED ALIAKBAR AU - AHMADY, SOLEIMAN AU - KALANTARION, MASOMEH AU - HABIBI, AMIN AU - FEIZI, SEPEHR AD - Clinical Educational Research Center, Department of Medical Education, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Medical Education, Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Ophthalmic Research Center, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 30 EP - 38 KW - Ophthalmologist KW - Continuing Medical Education KW - Qualitative research DO - 10.30476/jamp.2021.89881.1389 N2 - Introduction: The Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs in the medical community aim to improve the knowledge of practitioners and its effect on changing their performance. Previous studies showed that CME causes minimum changes in physicians’ behaviors, so it is important to pay attention to the views of this group. In this regard, this qualitative study aimed to explain the Iranian Ophthalmologists’ perceptions and experiences concerning the CME Programs in Iran.Methods: In this qualitative study, 18 participants, including 10 subspecialists and 8 general ophthalmologists, were recruited to participate in in-depth interviews concerning their experienceswith CME. The required data were collected from April 2018 to Feb 2019. Each interview was conducted in medical universities; eye research centers; and the ophthalmology departments, offices, and operating rooms of public and private hospitals. The current study was performed using a content analysis based on the Granheim and Lundman’s methods. The codes, sub- categories,categories, and themes were then explored through an inductive process in which the researchers moved from specific to general. Result: The data obtained from interviews, and filed notes were analyzed and then classified into the following four themes: “growth and development of the ophthalmology’s CME program over time”, “challenges of the ophthalmology’s CME program”, “reasons for the participation of the ophthalmologist in the CME program”, and “strategies for improvement”.Conclusion: Based on the qualitative study’s results, in spite of growth and development of the design and implementation of the Ophthalmologic CME programs, we are still facing multiplechallenges. Enhancing the interactivity between the providers and participants can also improve the ophthalmology CME programs. UR - https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_48041.html L1 - https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_48041_ec87a66e884262deed7b41519ae5fecd.pdf ER -