Continuing medical education: who needs it?

Continuing medical education is rapidly growing. During the four-year period between 1974-75 and 1978-79, the number of continuing medical education courses in otolaryngology increased 136%. It has become a mandatory requirement for membership in 19 state medical societies and is also a mandatory requirement for relicensure in 12 states.

A critical analysis of current trends in the management of Bell's palsy.

The treatment of Bell's palsy has been a controversial subject for many years. During the past 10 years 152 papers pertaining to this affection of the facial nerve have apperaed in the American literature. Ninety-seven of these were general discussions of the etiology, pathology, prognosis and treatment of this condition: 20 were concerned with ascertaining the status of the facial nerve by electrical tests and four with the activity of the chorda tympani nerve in patients with Bell's palsy.