Patterns of continuing medical education: A generation unit analysis of physicians in three community hospitals

An analysis of attitudes toward continuing medical education techniques between physicians within diverse educational cohorts. A sample of primary care physicians in three Boston area community hospitals is disaggregated by year of medical school graduation. The resulting analytical categories, generation units, demonstrate different attitudes toward continuing medical education approaches. Continuing medical education planners are asked to consider the diverse needs of generation units in their development of new programs.