Abstract
The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of continuous, flexible and practical forms of medical education. It is very clear that basic and medical sciences are expanding exponentially, thus it is impossible for any medical doctor to be aware of all the new technology and knowledge in this field. The physicians themselves cannot appreciate their needs sufficiently to maintain a base of current medical knowledge. Therefore, all physicians should be encouraged to improve their medical knowledge and skill by means of continuous medical education (CME), but the question is how? The studies demonstrated that there is very weak effect of formal CME activities on physician's performance depending upon the methods of those activities. It is also stated that didactic CME modality has little or no role to play, however informal types of CME activities have their own impact. Thus, it is suggested that learning should not be confined with boundaries and it should be continuous, flexible and practical (Continuous Professional Development-CPD), allowing physicians to choose from a menu of learning formats after having identified which style best suits them.