Continuing Medical Education news from FierceHealthcare
NewsSurgeons tout Twitter use at hospitals to enhance training
Although some hospitals are limiting social media use among their physicians in fear of possible legal repercussions, the University of Buffalo is encouraging its surgeons to tweet, according to an Read more...
AMA opposes burdensome physician certification and licensure
Despite the trend of increased physician licensure and board certification, the American Medical Association (AMA) at its annual meeting adopted new policies stating that it will request the American Read more...
Misbehaving docs use CME to learn from mistakes
State licensing boards, hospitals and medical groups are assigning continuing medical education (CME) courses to curb physician misconduct. As disciplinary tools, CME courses help doctors learn from Read more...
Half of continuing medical education will be online by 2016
More and more physicians and healthcare managers are discovering that online continuing medical education is cheaper, more convenient, and often of superior quality to CME seminars physicians Read more...
Audit: Medical education trips turned into lavish family vacations
Though you might consider this a small regional squabble, the following stood out for us as a sign of times that are soon to be gone. The story features seemingly free-spending physicians who Read more...
Reform bill would require pharma disclosures of CME funding
While it's gotten relatively little attention from pundits, provisions within reform bills passing through Congress would demand that pharmaceutical companies disclose how they're spending on Read more...
Glaxo stops funding commercial CME; Merck funding $150M non-profit vaccine developer;
> In another sign that drugmakers want to reduce their exposure to payola allegations, GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it will stop funding commercial continuing medical education programs. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: AMA conflict of interest policy still in the works, a year later
Some might say a year of debate is long enough, even for Congress. But at the American Medical Association, they're taking their time over a new ethics policy designed to limit pharmaceutical company Read more...
Struggle over conflict-of-interest rules at U of Minnesota
A struggle is currently under way over revisions to conflict-of-interest rules at the University of Minnesota Medical School, one that offers a glimpse into the complexity of making real changes in Read more...
Harvard Med School strengthens conflict-of-interest rules
Harvard Medical School has set plans to strengthen conflict-of-interest rules for its doctors and researchers, amid criticism over its existing rules and a U.S. Senate investigation of several of its Read more...
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