Information seeking in the digital age - Why closing knowledge gaps is not education and why the difference matters.

摘要

In March 2005 the American Medical Association began allowing physicians to claim Physicians Recognition Award Category 1 credit™ for participating in self-directed on-line searches, categorized as Internet point-of-care (PoC) learning. In 2006 there were 79151 physician participants in PoC activities. This number increased to 103 155 in 2007 and 127 571 in 2008.' On-line companies are rushing to develop this new continuing medical education (CME) format by offering Web sites where physicians can quickly earn "effortless" CME credit, "... for the online research you are already doing."