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Continuing coverage of the 2013 Society of Hospital Medicine annual meeting discusses career development and continuing medical education. The Hospitalist (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Point-of-Care CME – a Legacy Health Library/CME collaboration
Submitted by Carol Galganski, MSLS, MHSA, AHIP, Manager, Medical Libraries, CME, AV, Legacy Health, Portland, OR
As a result of a $15,000 NNLM/PNR award, Legacy Health physicians and clinicians now have a new format for earning AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, searching knowledge-based Library resources to answer their clinical questions at the point-of-care. This project teamed the Legacy Health’s Medical Library staff and electronic knowledge based resources with the Continuing Medical Education (CME) staff, online resources, and Oregon Medical Association accreditation to collaboratively develop this new opportunity for ...
Source: Dragonfly - August 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nikki Dettmar Tags: Funding News from Network Members Training & Education Source Type: news
The Comeback of CME without Pharma
More Physician Participants, More Revenue, But Less Pharma Support
Although the pharmaceutical industry still contributes slightly over $1 billion to support healthcare professional continuing medical education (CME) via grants, advertising, and exhibits, total pharma support continues to decrease. (Source: Pharma Marketing News)
Source: Pharma Marketing News - July 31, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
5 reasons CME must (and will) change
As in many fields, it's taken for granted that a physician's education never really ends. But when it comes to continuing medical education, many healthcare stakeholders believe that the current system is, in a nutshell, broken.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - June 12, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jeff Rowe Tags: Online Only Advanced Practice Strategies Boston healthcare Industry News Institute of Medicine Matthew Hanis Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safe Source Type: news
Board Review: Discount Registration Deadline Approaching
The deadline to receive early-bird rates for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course (MCCBRC) is Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Led by an internationally recognized faculty, this four-and-a-half-day course will provide the most comprehensive review in the diagnosis, monitoring and management of critically ill patients. Attendees benefit by fulfilling continuing medical education requirements and gaining accurate assessments of their knowledge in critical care. The course also provides an excellent update for any critical care professional seeking the most current...
Source: SCCM RSS News - June 11, 2013 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: news
A CME Program Begs The Question: Promotion Or Education?
In recent years defenders of commercially-supported continuing medical education (CME) have claimed that the industry has cleaned up its act and that CME programs today are largely free of the abuses that were so common not so long ago. Perhaps. But there are still plenty of examples of programs that violate the fundamental principle that medical education should be completely separate from commercial interests. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 2, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news
Homeopathy: A New Scientific Perspective – Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds in June
Please join us for Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in 925 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor conference room from 8:00-9:00 am. Please note the venue for this exciting program. Daphne Goldberg, M.D., FABFM, ABIHM is presenting and the title of her presentation is:
“Homeopathy: A New Scientific Perspective”
Dr. Daphne Goldberg is board certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine, and has been a board certified member of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine for the past nine years. She is an expert on homeopathy, a 200 year old system of medicine that has...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - May 20, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds 5/7: Degenerative Joint Disease and Tendinopathy
Please join us for Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in 925 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor conference room from 8:00-9:00 am. Please note the venue for this exciting program. Jeremy Close, M.D. is presenting and the title of his presentation is:
“Degenerative Joint Disease and Tendinopathy”
Dr. Close is a leading sports physician who has served as team doctor for a variety of professional and collegiate sports teams.
He has a special interest in cutting edge treatment options and musculoskeletal injury prevention. He is a member of the board of the Athletic Health Organization, which ...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - April 24, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Take TMA With You
The TMA website is now optimized for viewing on mobile devices. Log on to www.texmed.mobi to get all the news, contact information, continuing medical education, practice help, and member services in the palm of your hand. If you're reading this on a mobile device, any link to a story on TMA's website will bring up the mobile version of the page. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - April 12, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Less than 1 month to start of European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis in Rome
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) Attend the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis Rome, Italy from April 17-20, 2013 and earn up to 19 European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education credits. Physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Visit http://www.ecceo13-iof.org for complete information and online registration. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
No Sunshine For Continuing Medical Education
After many long delays, CMS today released the final details of the Sunshine Act. Starting next September all pharmaceutical and device companies will be required to publicly report payments made to US physicians. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 1, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news
ArcheMedX Learning Architecture Launches to Simplify Medical Education...
Continuing medical education programs powered by the ArcheMedX connected learning platform deliver more engaging content, enabling clinicians to efficiently extract critical insights and apply more...(PRWeb January 29, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10371040.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Program on Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Please join us for Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 in 925 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor conference room from 8:00-9:00 am. Please note the venue for this exciting program. Aleeze Sattar Moss, PhD is presenting and the title of her presentation is: “Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.”
Aleeze Sattar Moss, PhD is a leading mindfulness instructor and research associate at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. She has extensive clinical and research expertise in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), with particula...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - January 23, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Demand rises for CME linked to physician quality improvement
Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education allows doctors to meet increasing quality reporting requirements from multiple agencies in one fell swoop. (Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION)
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
