Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, the President and CEO of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, has written an article for the New England Journal of Medicine about the evolution of continuing medical education (CME). The article, “What Do I Need to Learn Today? – The Evolution of CME,” asks for clinicians, educators, healthcare […]
Category Archives: Medical Journals
ACCME, CME, Medical Journals
ACCME: Accreditation Rules Safeguard Continuing Medical Education from Commercial Influence
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Nov
Nov
Continuing medical education courses have been under attack lately, with skeptical writers making unsubstantiated claims that CME courses have “become a key marketing tool for increasing clinician receptivity to new products.” Those writers make bold claims, but are unable to back their claims up with concrete evidence. Graham T. McMahon, a physician and the […]
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Jul
Jul
In an article issued Online First in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) authored “Advancing Continuing Medical Education,” by Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and CEO of the ACCME. Dr. McMahon articulates the importance of accredited CME in supporting physicians’ continuing professional development and the […]
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Jan
Jan
The Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the main accrediting body for CME courses, responded to two reports dealing with transparency in physician-industry relationships. ACCME President and CEO Murray Kopelow, MD voiced his concerns with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) as well as the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Pew Prescription Project. JAMA […]
ACCME, CME, Medical Journals
Continuing Medical Education (CME): Flawed JAMA Report Blurs Line Between “Medical Communication Companies” and Accredited “Medical Education Companies”
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Dec
Dec
Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a brief report (Medical Communication Companies and Industry Grants) as well as an editorial in order to explore “the financial relationships between MCCs and drug device companies.” The authors use a mixture of outdated figures, hyperbole, and blatant untruths to piece together their articles, which, […]
CME, Medical Journals
Continuing Medical Education (CME): Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators Calls Out Flawed JAMA Study
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Dec
Dec
The following is taken from a press release from the Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators This week the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a “brief report” and editorial on medical communications companies and industry grants. This paper is reminiscent of the parental admonition of “do as I say, not as I […]
CME, Medical Journals
Continuing Medical Education: JAMA Opinion Article on CME Bias – Calls for Searching Out Illusionary Bias
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Aug
Aug
In the seventies among the puritanical religious community, it was vogue to play rock albums backwards looking for subliminal messages. Some people even made careers out of exposing what they considered the hidden messages in records. Today we are seeing similar puritanical hysterics called for in accredited CME. Today’s puritans using the guise of opinion papers in […]
by Thomas Sullivan, Editor Implementing a collaborative quality initiative, including a continuing medical education (CME) program, can reduce inappropriate use of cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) by 60 percent, according to results of a recent study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. All referring physician specialties lowered inappropriate use rates in […]
CME, Medical Journals
USCF Study Shows 56% of Physicians Think Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education is Essential
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May
May
A recent article from the Archives of Internal of Medicine has caused a number of media sources to discuss commercial support of continuing medical education (CME). The article, written by academics from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), focused on the results of a survey of under 800 participants at a series of 5 […]
CME, Medical Journals
Future Directions in Industry Funding of Continuing Medical Education or A Rejection of Innovation?
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Feb
Feb
The continuing education and professional development of physicians, nurses and other health care practitioners is crucial to delivering many of the promises contained in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Improving the quality of treatment patients receive, increasing access to care, employing cost-effective measures, using evidence-based care, and reducing errors and readmissions, all depend on educating […]
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