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Continuing education has a vital role in assuring that health professionals provide services that are up-to-date and of high quality; and evaluations are needed both to examine critically continuing education and health services, and to provide direction for their improvement. Hence, evaluation has an important role in providing sound health care.
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Stufflebeam, D.L. (1985). The Relevance of the Joint Committee Standards for Improving Evaluations in Continuing Education in the Health Professions. In: Abrahamson, S. (eds) Evaluation of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4986-7_2
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