Abstract: Objective To discuss the necessity and importance of continuing medical education(CME) combined with national CME program named“Further studies of the standards in ultrasonic diagnosis and interventional treatment of thyroid nodules”held by Peking union medical college hospital.Methods One hundred and sixty participants attending the classes held in November 18^th, 2017 and December 16^th, 2017 at our center were selected as study objects and asked to accomplish the questionnaires designed for this survey specially.The questionnaire included basic information, purposes for attending meeting and expected topics,degree of familiarity with teaching contents, main harvest regions,degree of satisfaction and suggestions. To divide participants into groups according to academic degree (master or above, bachelor or below) and professional title (associate chief or above, attending, resident or intern), the differences of different groups were analyzed.Results Participating purposes, expected topics, main harvest regions among participants in different academic degrees showed difference(P<0.05). Degree of familiarity with teaching contents and main harvest regions among participants in different title showed difference(P<0.05).Conclusions The content of CME for ultrasound medicine should be adjusted to students with different academic degrees and professional titles, so as to improve their teaching satisfaction and learning gains.

Key words: Continuing medical education, Thyroid, Ultrasound, Necessity, Importance