On-the-go Learning Positively Impacts Physicians' Clinical Decisions

Epocrates today announced that one million MobileCME courses have been completed, marking a milestone for the company and establishing mobile learning as a standard in the continuing medical education (CME) industry. Since April 2005, physicians and other healthcare professionals have turned idle time into productive learning sessions with the Epocrates MobileCME® program, designed to meet physicians' desire for convenient learning methods. CME on a handheld device is an easy way for clinicians to keep current and earn their required educational credits at their convenience.

There's no excuse for me not to learn something new in my downtime with the Epocrates MobileCME program on hand. The courses are focused and interesting, so commuting on a train or waiting for the barber suddenly becomes productive time, not time wasted

The free Epocrates program has received recognition as a powerful and effective educational tool due to its innovative and easy-to-use format. Handheld CME has even demonstrated an impact in changing participants' behavior, according to a third party study by Outcomes Inc. The study revealed that physicians who completed the MobileCME courses were more likely to apply recommended treatment for a specific disease than mobile users who did not participate in the MobileCME learning.

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