The Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) announced a number of important topics in their recent August newsletter, including an executive summary of its Board of Directors meeting, a summary of ACCME revisions to the Complaints Process, and an explanation of ACCME affirming knowledge-based activities in CME. The ACCME Board of Directors meeting, which […]
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AMA-AAMC New Horizons for Medical Education Forum: Seeking Input in for Improving Medical Education
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In an attempt to address the current challenges facing the education of physicians in the fast pace and increasingly complex field of medicine, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently began a co-sponsored invitational conference titled “New Horizons in Medical Education: A Second Century of Achievement.” The event, […]
Recent evaluations of professional societies and accredited continuing medical education (CME) providers have “further questioned the legitimacy of industry physicians and biomedical scientists providing scientific information or participating in educational program planning.” These evaluations have “deemed that such participation is in violation of ACCME guidelines,” according to a recent article in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics […]