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The effect of a continuing medical education program on Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis utilization and mortality in a tertiary-care hospital
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is underutilized for hospitalized patients. The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of a continuing medical education (CME) program on thromboprophylaxis and VTE-associated mortality in a tertiary-care hospital. Methods: This was a retrospective study of all patients admitted to a tertiary-care hospital from 01/07/2009 to 30/06/2010 (after a CME program that aimed at improving VTE prophylaxis) and had confirmed VTE during stay. VTE prophylaxis utilization and associated mortality were assessed in them and compared to those of a similar cohort of pati...
Source: Thrombosis Journal - April 28, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Fahad Al-HameedHasan Al-DorziEssam Aboelnazer Source Type: research

Knowledge of PCSK9 and Continued Educational Gaps: Evaluating the Impact of Continuing Medical Education
This study evaluated the impact of continuing medical education (CME) on increasing knowledge and awareness of the role of PCSK9 in lipid metabolism and analyzed persistent educational gaps to determine needs for future education. For cardiologists who participated in the CME activity, comparison of individually linked preassessment question responses to their respective postassessment question responses demonstrated improvement (n = 83; P
Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology - February 17, 2015 Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Continuing Medical Education Improves Gastroenterologists’ Compliance with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Quality Measures
Conclusions QI-focused CME improves community-based gastroenterologists’ compliance with IBD quality measures and measures aligned with NQS priorities.
Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - February 12, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research

Wound healing and treating wounds
Wounds are an excellent example of how the field of dermatology represents a cross-section of many medical disciplines. For instance, wounds may be caused by trauma, vascular insufficiency, and underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and rheumatologic and inflammatory disease. This continuing medical education article provides an overview of wound healing and the pathophysiology of chronic wounds and reviews the broad differential diagnosis of chronic wounds. It also describes the initial steps necessary in evaluating a chronic wound and determining its underlying etiology.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - March 15, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: Laurel M. Morton, Tania J. Phillips Tags: Continuing medical education Source Type: research

Mobile Audience Response Systems at a Continuing Medical Education Conference.
CONCLUSION: Overall mARS was perceived positively with the majority of respondents wanting mARS implemented in more national medical conferences. Future studies should look at how mARS can be used as an educational tool to help improve patient outcomes. PMID: 28186010 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - February 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Stud Health Technol Inform Source Type: research

Validation of a Teaching Effectiveness Assessment in Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education
ConclusionsThis study provides a new, validated measure of CME teaching effectiveness that could be used to improve psychiatry CME. In contrast to prior research in other medical specialties, CME teaching effectiveness scores were not associated with use of case-based or interactive presentations. This outcome suggests the need for distinctive considerations regarding psychiatry CME; a singular approach to CME teaching may not apply to all medical specialties.
Source: Academic Psychiatry - July 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Comment Hidden conflicts of interest in continuing medical education
Continuing medical education (CME) is an integral part of postgraduate training for medical professionals in the USA and globally. CME enables physicians to maintain and gain knowledge and skills that ensure optimal medical care and outcomes for patients. For these reasons CME is a required component of licensure in the USA.1,2 Since most physicians regularly complete CME hours, conflicts of interest that could introduce bias into CME must be avoided to prevent potentially detrimental downstream effects on patient care.
Source: LANCET - November 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ladan Golestaneh, Ethan Cowan Tags: Comment Source Type: research

Essential learning tools for continuing medical education for physicians, geneticists, nurses, allied health professionals, mental health professionals, business administration professionals, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) fellows: the Midwest Reproductive Symposium International
AbstractEssential learning tools for continuing medical education are a challenge in today ’s rapidly evolving field of reproductive medicine. The Midwest Reproductive Symposium International (MRSi) is a yearly conference held in Chicago, IL. The conference is targeted toward physicians, geneticists, nurses, allied health professionals, mental health professionals, business administrati on professionals, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) fellows engaged in the practice of reproductive medicine. In addition to the scientific conference agenda, there are specific sessions for nurses, mental health profes...
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - April 20, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research

Declaration of financial and non-financial interests in CME courses of Springer Medizin : Implementation of the regulation on the "Code on Continuing Medical Education" of the Medical Chamber North Rhine.
Abstract PMID: 30788518 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Orthopade - February 20, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Herrmann P, Griebenow R Tags: Orthopade Source Type: research