- Drug companies often offer educational seminars to teach doctors about a particular ailment and their solutions for it. These seminars are generally prescription oriented and are given to sell their newest and greatest drug. But they do sometimes offer valuable information about the treatment of a particular disease. They may explain alternate treatments along with their own to demonstrate how each works, the side effects of each, and their effectiveness. This allows doctors to be more informed when patients ask questions about a particular medication.
- For many family doctors, returning to school while they are working is the best option. Some may decide to learn obstetrics, the specialty of pregnancy and childbirth. Others may specialize in pediatrics. Classes would generally take place at a medical school similar to the one the doctor attended to get his license.
- In many family practice establishments and hospitals, doctors are graded by their peers, at which time the senior doctor gives advice and lessons on improvement. This is not the best way to stay on top of new developments in the medical field, but it is important for maintaining peek performance nonetheless.
- Many top-notch doctors take the time to do individual research on their own via the Internet, medical diaries and journals, and by doing studies themselves. These tools provide information on new technologies, medications and medical techniques. It also allows a physician to gain insight on various specialties, to some degree, so that catching a tricky illness in a family practice setting is a little easier.
- CDs, DVDs and Internet courses that act as refresher courses for doctors are now widely available. They often "reteach" physicians what they learned in med school and give additional information about changes in family practice and medicine in general. Sometimes a doctor is required to take his licensing exam again to maintain his "doctor" status. One such virtual "classroom" is the virtuallecturehall.com.
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