Medical Directions, Inc., the owner of The Virtual Lecture Hall, is committed to improving medical education. We believe that truly interactive online CME and CE that is based on sound principles of adult learning theory can be enjoyable and effective. To our knowledge, we are the only distributor of online CME/CE that maintains an active, peer-reviewed research program in medical education.

To date our research has demonstrated that well-developed, problem-oriented online CME can improve physician knowledge, attitudes, and skills in such diverse areas as cancer prevention and domestic violence. We have also shown that online CME developed in the US can directly benefit physicians in another country (the UK). We invite you to learn more about our work by viewing the documents below.

Read our published work in online CME . . .

Educating Generalist Physicians about Chronic Pain: Live Experts and Online Education Can Provide Durable Benefits (PDF document) KnowPain-50: A Tool for Assessing Physician Pain Management Education (PDF document) A Community-Based Trial of an Online Intimate Partner Violence CME Program (PDF document) A Tool for Measuring Physician Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence (PDF document) Women physicians are early adopters of on-line continuing medical education (PDF document) Can Internet-based Education Improve Physician Confidence in Dealing with Domestic Violence? (PDF document) The Internet and the Globalisation of Medical Education (PDF document) Can Internet-based Continuing Medical Education Improve Physicians' Skin Cancer Knowledge and Skills? (PDF document) Using the Internet to Teach Melanoma Management Guidelines to Primary Care Physicians (PDF document)     (NOTE: You need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader v. 4.0 or higher to view this document.)

If you would like to learn more about our approach to online education, visit the Medical Directions, Inc. Web site.

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To date our research has demonstrated that problem-oriented online courses can improve physician knowledge, attitudes, and skills in such areas as cancer prevention and domestic violence. We have shown that courses developed in the US can benefit physicians in another country.