Abstract

Effective relationship between education and practice is of great importance for ‎medical graduate students. Obviously, graduates of medical sciences should be familiar ‎with the practical application of theoretical knowledge, clinical actions and encounter ‎with patients. Along this, continuing medical education (CME) programs are ‎introduced and implemented in the field of medical education throughout the world. ‎Continuing medical education includes activities aimed at preserving and developing ‎the knowledge, skills and professional performance of medical team members being in ‎line with providing better services to patients, community or profession.  The ultimate ‎goal of continuing medical education programs is to improve the quality of patient care ‎through professional training. However, improving the quality of learner’s education is ‎not possible without the transformation of methods and teaching techniques. The use of ‎innovative educational methods in the process of continuing education in different ‎countries leads to favorable outcomes which can be very effective for other countries. ‎In this research, the common and effective methods of medical education are ‎introduced by reviewing the contexts of medical sciences. These methods include ‎lectures, collaborative patterns, group discussions, problem solving, e-learning, clinical ‎education, evidence-based medicine, and medical-based simulations. According to the ‎aforementioned methods, three methods of clinical education, evidence-based medicine ‎and medical-based simulations are specific to medical science, and the rest of the ‎methods are common with other disciplines‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎.