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The new arrangement will "remove the relationship between company representatives and prescribers," said Dr. Barbara Barnes, associate dean for continuing medical education at the Pitt School of Medicine. The new approach should be in place by next spring or summer, said Robert Weber, co-chairman of the working group and chairman of the Pitt School of Pharmacy. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
American Academy of Family Physicians and International Medical Corps Nov 9, 2007
As the nation's only medical society devoted solely to primary care, one of the AAFP's primary goals is to promote high-quality, innovative continuing medical education (CME) for family physicians, residents and medical students. Its CME resources will be a great asset to IMC's community-based primary health care programs and the local physicians with whom IMC works. (AlertNet)
Glacier Reports Third Quarter Earnings Nov 9, 2007
Glacier's business & professional information group now includes Specialty Technical Publishers which publishes regulatory & compliance information, CD-Pharma Interactive Medical Productions which develops electronic interactive continuing medical education programs for doctors, and a variety of directories, specialty websites and electronic information published by the Business Information Group. Glacier continues to pursue further acquisition opportunities to complement its existing... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Singulex Announces Presentation on Monitoring of Cardiac Biomarker to Assess Transient Myocardial Ischemia at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov 5, 2007
Dr. Morrow sits on the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines Committee on Biochemical Cardiac Markers and leads the clinical section on ACS. He is on the editorial boards of American Heart Journal, Circulation, Clinical Chemistry, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and is a Continuing Medical Education editor for Circulation. Dr. Morrow is also the editor of "Cardiovascular Biomarkers: Pathophysiology and Disease Management"... (PR Newswire)
W2 gets $30m in funding Nov 3, 2007
Weber said W2, which represents clients ranging from to to the One Laptop Per Child organization, would like to start a branding firm from scratch and to extend its marketing reach into growing healthcare niches such as physicians communications and continuing medical education. W2 also hopes to grow 20 percent annually, said Weber. (Boston Globe)
Drug firms try to bribe doctors with cars Oct 31, 2007
An unnamed Indian doctor told researchers: "'Gifting' of air conditioners, washing machines, microwaves, cameras, televisions, and expensive crystals is an accepted norm nowadays. So are frequent pampering in the form of CMEs [continuing medical education meetings] and lectures in star hotels followed by lavish dinners and cocktails." Similar reports came from Venezuela, Indonesia and Malaysia. Richard Lloyd, director general of CI, a London-based federation of consumer groups from 113... (Guardian Unlimited)
Dr. Caropreso to moderate surgeon panel at conference Oct 25, 2007
The conference offers physicians an opportunity to earn continuing medical education credits. . (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Financial Relationships Between Medical Schools and Industry Highly Prevalent Oct 18, 2007
Relationships involving medical education were quite common, with 65 percent of clinical departments receiving funding for continuing medical education and 37 percent for resident and fellow training. More than half the chairs with industry relationships thought they had a positive effect on their own departments' educational programs. (Science Daily)
U.S. Medical Schools, Drug Makers Share Strong Ties Oct 18, 2007
Two-thirds of departments had relationships with industry, with clinical departments more likely than nonclinical department to receive research equipment (17 versus 10 percent), unrestricted funds (19 percent versus 3 percent), research seminar support (36 percent versus 13 percent), support for residency and fellowship training (37 percent versus 2 percent) and support for department-administered continuing medical education (65 percent versus 3 percent). Clinical departments were also more... (MEDLINEplus)
Drug makers, med school ties common Oct 17, 2007
Among those in charge of departments related to patient care, 65 percent said their departments had recently accepted industry money for continuing medical education; half reported recently getting industry money for food or drinks; 30 percent reported getting money for travel and meetings. Overall, 67 percent said their departments had received some type industry money. (MSNBC -- Race)
Drug company ties pervade med schools Oct 17, 2007
Among those in charge of departments related to patient care, 65% said their departments had recently accepted industry money for continuing medical education; half reported recently getting industry money for food or drinks; 30% reported getting money for travel and meetings. Overall, 67% said their departments had received some type industry money. (USA Today -- News)
• Patients In The Dark Oct 14, 2007
The board instead called for more serious sanctions that included a period of license suspension and at least three or four months of continuing medical education, covering topics of patient abandonment and ethics. That never happened. (FOX61, CT)
Taking the stress out of choosing the right stress test Oct 13, 2007
The paper, complete with algorithms for doing just that, is followed by a quiz that offers continuing medical education credit. Pharmacologic stressors, needed by about half of patients getting stress tests, dilate healthy blood vessels but not diseased vessels, which already are maximally dilated. (EurekAlert!)
Integrated obesity care management system - implementation and research protocol Oct 11, 2007
The first one is to develop and implement a preceptorship-based continuing medical education (CME) program complemented by a web site for physicians and nurses working in Family Medicine Groups (FMGs). This CME will be based on needs assessment and will be validated by one FMG using questionnaires and semi structured interviews. (BioMed Central)
Telemedicine-based cancer consultation plan launched Sep 27, 2007
The facility will provide emergency on call consultation for the networked institutions, regular scheduled telemedicine consultation and tele-education and continuing medical education lectures, teaching and training programmes, said Dr. Manoj K. Singh, officer in charge of the telemedicine facility ... Continuing medical education programmes will be scheduled and offered to the doctors of remote hospital and institutes on this network ... On offer will be tele-consultations from the AIIMS... (Hindu)
Local students win new scholarships Sep 20, 2007
The American College of Chest Physicians will sponsor an annual continuing medical education program for New England members from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. tomorrow at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua. It is the first time that the program will have been held in New Hampshire. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Wining, dining, and prescribing Sep 12, 2007
Much of the $7 billion spent getting physicians to prescribe their products directly benefits doctors in the form of free lunches for them and their staff, speaking fees, travel expenses, or subsidized continuing medical education courses. Such marketing has proved effective in persuading doctors to prescribe the companies' drugs. (Boston Globe)
MED adopts no-gifts policy from groups Sep 12, 2007
"Our continuing medical education office had also followed their principles," she said. "Nevertheless, we are now on record as having a no-gifts policy on the Medical Campus for all faculty, students and healthcare providers.". (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Ninety Percent of Polled Pain Care Professionals Express Fear of Regulation Sep 8, 2007
Fundamentals in Pain Management have been developed specifically to help clinicians from California and Oregon meet their state mandates for pain management and end-of-life continuing medical education. The variety of session offerings allows practitioners to customize a curriculum relevant to their practice needs. (PR Newswire)
UCTV Series Addresses Pain Management in Women Aug 29, 2007 What Exactly Is 'Internet Addiction' And What Is The Treatment? Aug 19, 2007 USP Partners With Ascend Media to Publish 'Remington: the Science and Practice of Pharmacy' Aug 4, 2007 PA system has checks, balances Jul 19, 2007 Mentoring med students: Local doctor initiates intern into rural care Jul 18, 2007 Suspension of Arizona Physician Underscores Importance of Checking Credentials Before Having Plastic Surgery Jul 13, 2007 Publishing firm Ridgeway bound Jul 10, 2007 Do tell me Dr. Floyd: Is the earth 6,000 yrs old? It it flat? Did Noah place 2 of every animal in a humungous ship? How can I prove any of the using your scientific method? More... Jul 7, 2007 UCD Health System Bans Gifts From Vendors Davis, Jul. 02 Jul 3, 2007 Drug safety issue grows Jul 3, 2007 UPMC draws up severe code on freebies Jul 2, 2007 Reach MD And National Lipid Association Partner To Offer First-Ever Radio Show Focused On Heart Disease and Lipids Beginning June 25 Jun 14, 2007 At the 2007 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia - Neurochem's U.S. Principal Investigator Presents Update on Tramiprosate (ALZHEMED(TM)) Jun 11, 2007 Business Briefs May 19, 2007 When 'tried and true' can make you sick May 18, 2007 Sara Snow Walks the 'Green Carpet' to Show Americans How to Power Up Naturally in a New Episode of GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW on Discovery Health May 17, 2007 'No' to drug money May 7, 2007 Rady Children's Hospital opens Escondido center May 6, 2007 Indiana Governor Signs Legislation Allowing Physician Assistants to Prescribe Medicines Apr 29, 2007 Gifts Continue, Contacts Increase Despite Guidelines Apr 29, 2007 Drug and Device Companies Woo Physicians in Many Ways Apr 27, 2007 Probing Doctor And Industry Ties Apr 27, 2007 Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace Apr 27, 2007 Most Doctors Have Financial Relationships With Pharma Apr 26, 2007 Physician ties to drug industry stronger than ever Apr 26, 2007 Association of Philippine Physicians celebrates 20 years at meeting Apr 21, 2007 Michigan Podiatry Association Named in Whistleblower Suit Over "Sign and Dash" Continuing Education Policy Apr 20, 2007 People on the move Apr 13, 2007 COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Radio-controlled boaters meeting in San Marco center Apr 2, 2007 Productivity Goes Down in Smoke Apr 1, 2007 Beth Israel cited for improving obstetrics care Mar 29, 2007 Wilcox Health wants you to know ... Mar 16, 2007 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: What you need to know Mar 15, 2007 Real-Life Body Snatchers Become Big Business Mar 14, 2007 PDI, Inc. to Hold Fourth Quarter 2006 Financial Results Conference Call on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Mar 8, 2007 ECU Notes: Former chancellor recognized Feb 19, 2007 READ MORE > Feb 18, 2007 Bitter pills Feb 14, 2007 73 Primedia Titles for Sale Feb 10, 2007 surgery: new code of conductAddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1922255,00040004.htm", "surgery: new code of conduct"); Feb 8, 2007 Online tool helps physicians improve care of patients with bleeding disorder Feb 8, 2007 Finding a doctor: Word-of-mouth, Internet helpful Feb 4, 2007 Company finds niche in medical education Feb 3, 2007 Prescription for abuse? Jan 31, 2007 College of Medicine hosts women's health conference Feb. 16 Jan 29, 2007 Doctor's View Scott Haig Attack of the Pharma Babes It's true that drug reps usually young, attractive women without pharmacology education try to get doctors to prescribe their products, but they do a lot of good too Jan 3, 2007
The "Med Ed Hour" features a variety of medical programs aimed at physicians, nurses and other health care professionals who wish to expand their knowledge base, keep current on the latest research, and in some cases, earn Continuing Medical Education credit. UCTV is a 24-hour, non-commercial satellite channel that broadcasts educational and enrichment programming from the campuses, national laboratories, and affiliated institutions of the University of California. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
State health director's medical license lapsed Aug 22, 2007
To renew, a physician must pay a licensing fee of $150 and complete continuing medical education hours, McNatt said. The state Division of Public Health works with local boards of health to offer a range of services, from inspecting restaurants to controlling disease and providing immunizations. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Their research on gambling addiction has been used to educate American doctors taking the annual Continuing Medical Education test taken before the doctors can renew a license to practice medicine. According to Dr. Dannon, Internet addicts are inevitable and a product of modernization. (Science Daily)
In the medical and allied health care industries, the company publishes more than 30 journals and magazines and serves more than 40 medical associations with daily newspapers, directories, and marketing programs, as well as organizes continuing medical education programs and symposia. About Ascend Media Ascend Media was formed and incorporated in 2002 by partners that include Cameron Bishop and Ron Wall, business-to-business industry veterans with a combined 60 years of industry experience. (PR Newswire)
They must complete 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and take a re-certification exam every six years. The organization that gives programs accreditation is waiting to see if any steps need to be taken at Touro, said John McCarty, executive director of the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The experience not only benefits the medical students, but it gives the physician-preceptors an opportunity to enhance their teaching skills through faculty development and continuing medical education programs conducted by the university s college of medicine. Kushner is the third student Mayberry has mentored. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
All ASPS Member Surgeons are certified by the ABPS. To be ABPS-certified, a physician must meet these rigorous requirements: -- Graduate from an accredited medical school -- Complete a combination of at least five years of general surgery and plastic surgery residency training -- Pass comprehensive oral and written exams ASPS Member Surgeons are also required to regularly attend continuing medical education courses, to adhere to a strict code of ethics and are required to perform surgery in... (PR Newswire)
"In addition to the peer-reviewed journals, we also specialize in continuing medical education and our site.". The publishing company considered building its own facility last year, she says, but land costs and increased construction costs swayed them toward leasing at Ridgeway Center. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Alf wrote on Jul 6, 2007 7:51 AM:" Why should a person graduate high school, then 4 years of College, then 4 years of Medical School, then 3 years of Residency, then get Board Certified in their Specialty, then keep earning Continuing Medical Education credits to maintain their licensure if they will be taxed to the point that they earn little more than an 8th grade drop-out who flips burgers or bags groceries? "el_patron" seems to think that no matter how one "gets rich", the problem is that... (North County Times)
Continuing Medical Education funds will be managed according to national continuing education accrediting body conflict-of-interest standards, even when the meetings are not accredited continuing education programs. Vendors are still allowed to make sales calls under the new policy, but unsolicited, on-site visits are not permitted. (University of California Newswire, CA)
A two-year Senate Finance Committee investigation, for example, has concluded that the companies, by funding continuing medical education programs for doctors, have been able to increase their market for new products and to illegally promote off-label uses of their drugs, the article says. - advertisement. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Thirty-five percent of respondents said they received reimbursement for costs associated with professional meetings or continuing medical education ... A final decision on the UPMC policy will be made by President Jeffrey Romoff and Dr. Arthur Levine, Pitt's medical school dean and senior vice chancellor for the health sciences, said Dr. Barbara Barnes, associate dean for continuing medical education at the medical school. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The NLA represents more than 2,300 members in the United States and provides continuing medical education for physicians and other healthcare professionals to advance professional development and attain certification in clinical lipidology. The NLA's public health mission is to help reduce deaths related to high cholesterol, and the Association defines "clinical lipidology" as "a multidisciplinary branch of medicine focusing on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and their associated disorders."... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Continuing Medical Education Symposium Neurochem is also supporting a CME symposium on June 11 at 6:30 PM at the conference. The symposium, entitled Confronting the Burgeoning AD Crisis: New Frontiers, is sponsored by Professional Postgraduate Services(R). (Canada Newswire)
To achieve AAFP Life Member status, a family physician must be a continuous member for a minimum of 20 years, demonstrating dedication to continuing medical education family medicine. Crescent Meats earns quality awards. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
While many take their continuing medical education seriously, bogus credits are easy to come by. There is also no formal, systematic method for health professionals to keep up with new developments. (Globe and Mail)
Discovery Health Media Enterprises includes the Discovery Health and FitTV television networks and online assets including , as well as its Continuing Medical Education (CME) business and Discovery's first stand-alone VOD service, Discovery Health On-Call. Discovery Health Media Enterprises is part of Discovery Communications, the number-one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Perhaps worst of all, Carlat said, drug companies have come to sponsor so much of continuing medical education -- the courses that doctors must take to retain their licenses -- that the companies can set much of the agenda. "Instead of getting educated about psychotherapy, about how to better manage our practices, about epidemiology and the public health concerns of underserved populations, what we're getting is lecture after lecture about how to diagnose depression and use antidepressants to... (Boston Globe)
And doctors were attending a continuing medical education course: "Practical Pearls for the Primary Care Physician.". The new offices are better organized than the previous offices, said Escondido resident George Lockie, a retired pediatrician who now works for the Social Security Administration. (North County Times)
PAs are also required to take on-going continuing medical education classes and, in order to maintain national certification, must be re-tested on their medical knowledge every six years. Physician assistants are licensed health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. (PR Newswire)
More than one-third of the 1,662 physicians who responded to a survey conducted from November 2003 to June 2004 reported being reimbursed by the drug industry for costs of going to professional meetings or continuing medical education, and 28 percent said they had been paid for consulting, giving lectures or signing up patients for clinical trials ... The ties between doctors and drug companies are deepening despite voluntary guidelines to curb excesses, adopted in 2002 by the American Medical... (Washington Post)
"More than one third of the respondents (35%) received reimbursement for costs associated with professional meetings or continuing medical education, and more than one quarter (28%) received payments for consulting, giving lectures, or enrolling patients in trials," Dr. Campbell and colleagues wrote ... More than one third of the respondents (35%) received reimbursement for costs associated with professional meetings or continuing medical education, and more than one quarter (28%) received... (MedPage Today)
-- 35 per cent received reimbursement for costs of going to professional meetings or continuing medical education (CME). -- 28 per cent received payments for consulting, giving lectures, or enrolling patients in trials. (Medical News Today)
More than one-third of the respondents (35 percent) were reimbursed for costs associated with professional meetings or continuing medical education, while more than one-quarter (28 percent) were paid for consulting, delivering lectures or enrolling patients in clinical trials. Cardiologists were more than twice as likely as family practitioners to receive payments, although family practitioners met more frequently with industry representatives than did physicians in other specialties. (MEDLINEplus)
But a third of physicians are reimbursed for costs associated with professional meetings or CME [compulsory classes in "continuing medical education". About a quarter are paid to serve on advisory boards, work as consultants or enroll patients in clinical trials. (MSNBC -- Health)
However, more than one third are reimbursed for costs associated with professional meetings or continuing medical education (CME), and more than a quarter receive honoraria for consulting, lecturing or enrolling patients in clinical trials, say researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital-Partners Health Care System, Yale University, and the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia. "Relationships with industry are a fundamental part of the way medicine is practiced... (EurekAlert!)
The annual Continuing Medical Education seminar is one of the most well attended seminars in the Florida Panhandle. It is now considered an outstanding role model for the Medical Educational Council of Pensacola. (Pensacola News Journal)
The suit (Ingham County Circuit Court # 07-471-CL) charges that the MPMA has been helping podiatrists to renew medical licenses by fraudulent or deceitful means-specifically through a "sign and dash" policy sanctioned by the MPMA. Under that policy, according to the lawsuit, the MPMA intentionally awarded continuing medical education (CME) credits to podiatrists for merely signing in at educational conferences, but not actually attending them ... The "sign and dash" CME policy "endangers the... (PR Newswire)
Dr. William A. Zimmern Jr. of Gulf Breeze has completed continuing medical education requirements to retain membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians ... As members of the AAFP, family physicians are required to complete 150 hours of continuing medical education every three years. (Pensacola News Journal)
They review and certify patient plans of care, order medications and provide continuing medical education programs on end-of-life issues in consultation with the medical services department. Santamaria joins Community Hospice from the Navy, where he was head of the Prime Acute Care Clinic at Jacksonville Naval Hospital. (Florida Times-Union)
Our content is reviewed and accredited by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME). OCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide CME for physicians. (MedPage Today)
The $100,000 award will pay for obstetrics nurses to attend a national patient safety conference in May, development of an online continuing medical education course in crew resource management, and research in patient safety. Liz Kowalczyk can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Continuing Medical Education for physicians. Continuing Education for nurses. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
The training program is 35 hours long, and is approved for category 1 continuing medical education credit. We also provide Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs and Internships. (Food Consumer)
Olson suggests that change must begin with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. ACCME is the body that pairs surgeons with health companies for training in newly developed technologies. (ABC News)
Our marketing services include marketing research and consulting services through TVG in Dresher, PA, and medical communications services through Pharmakon in Schaumburg, IL. In addition, PDI is a high quality provider of ACCME-accredited continuing medical education through Vital Issues in Medicine (VIM (R)) in Dresher, PA. The company's experience extends across multiple therapeutic categories and includes office and hospital-based initiatives. PDI's commitment is to deliver innovative... (PR Newswire)
The conference is designed to meet the continuing medical education needs of physicians, nurse practitioners and other health professionals involved in the management of women's health ... For information, contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at 744-5208. (The Daily Reflector)
Jackson Recovery Centers will participate in his continuing medical education and training by supporting his pursuit of an American Society of Addiction Medicine certification. My new role as medical director can assist in destigmatizing the disease of addiction,'' Wolff said. (Sioux City Journal)
As well, pharmaceutical companies "own and maintain key opinion leaders" and control the continuing medical education of doctors and specialists. Donations by drug companies to patient self-help and advocacy groups are almost certain to score brownie points on an ethical measure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
That segment includes Channel One, a proprietary network to secondary schools; Films Media Group, an educational video unit; and Primedia Healthcare, a continuing medical education business. If the enthusiast group is sold, proceeds would be used to pay down Primedia's debt, which totaled $1. (MediaWeek.com)
Learning new skills through continuing medical education should be mandatory. The doctors should have performed over 500 angioplasties as the main operator. (Hindustan Times, India)
PIMs are available on myelodysplastic syndromes and multiple myeloma, in addition to ITP. Each PIM provides board-certified physicians enrolled in the Maintenance of Certification program 20 practice improvement points, as well as 20 Category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credits. Hematologists may also earn 60 Maintenance of Certification points and 37. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Board certification requires additional intensive training in that field, an exam to prove knowledge in that specialty, and continuing medical education to keep current with new findings, Green said. After doing your research, Green said, it's a good idea to ask your primary care doctor for a recommendation. (North County Times)
Today, the provides continuing medical education to more than 100,000 people every year. "When he retired, he brought his philosophy of training with him to begin a company that would continue that for civilians," says Larry Vervack, executive director of the foundation. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
"There were some data presented at some meetings, there were some publications, and there was a continuing medical education supplement developed," Beckhardt said. In some cases, Actiq has shown up as an illegal street drug that addicts called "perc-o-pops.". (Newsday -- Business)
ETSU's James H. Quillen College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians ... To register, to request special accommodations, or for more information about the conference, including the procedure for submitting research posters, contact the ETSU Office of Continuing Medical Education at 439-8081. (East Tennessean, TN)
"Well, that's why there are laws about continuing medical education (CME)," you might say. The problem is that the CME apparatus is ungainly and practically impossible to standardize. (Time.com)
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