CME Outcome Study of CME Participants Shows Significant Improvement in MDS… Thomas Sullivan Jun 10, 2010 1 A recent study of CME participants of Myelodysplatic Syndromes reviewing patient claims data claims data showed significant…
AMA AMA CEJA 2010: ACRE Recommends Rejecting CEJA Report Financial… Thomas Sullivan Jun 7, 2010 0 In response to the American Medical Association Council on Judicial and Ethical Affairs (CEJA) fourth attempt to hinder physician…
AMA AMA CEJA 2010: Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical… Thomas Sullivan May 20, 2010 1 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein, (attributed) US…
Medical Societies CMSS Code of Interaction with Companies Thomas Sullivan Apr 21, 2010 0 The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) which represents 32 leading medical professional societies, with a collective…
ACCME Prescription for Conflict: CME Funding from Big Pharma to Big Placebo Thomas Sullivan Apr 19, 2010 0 It seems like every day we run into people and groups who believe in something that scientific evidence has disproved. Often…
CME CME Providers Have Suitable Oversight to Ensure Compliance Thomas Sullivan Apr 12, 2010 0 A recent interview about Continuing Medical Education (CME) with Steven Kawczak, MA, associate director for the Center for…
CME Continuing Education Reform: Are We Throwing the Baby Out With the… Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2010 0 Recent evaluations of professional societies and accredited continuing medical education (CME) providers have “further…
CME ACC 2010 Features Debate on Industry Support of Education Thomas Sullivan Mar 10, 2010 1 On Tuesday March 16th at 8:00am, there will be a debate at the American College of Cardiology Meeting in Altanta Georgia on…
Academic Organizations UCSF Study Shows Absence of Bias in Commercially Supported CME Thomas Sullivan Feb 25, 2010 0 Michael A. Steinman, MD, et al., recently examined the “Commercial Influence and Learner-Perceived Bias in Continuing…
CME Cleveland Clinic Study of CME Bias Found No Evidence of Difference Between… Thomas Sullivan Feb 16, 2010 0 In a recent edition of the Journal of Academic Medicine, Steven Kawczak and William Carey of the Cleveland…