Criticism surrounding commercially supported continuing medical education (CME) has remained constant over the past several years, despite growing evidence that such support creates little if any bias. However, as Jeffrey R. Binder, President and CEO of Biomet, Inc. recently posted, the logic of industry critics who argue against commercial support of CME and graduate medical […]
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Decrease in Commercial Support of CME Correlates with Increase in Medication Errors
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While the percentage of commercial support for continuing medical education (CME) has continued to drastically drop over the past few years (29% decrease from 2007 to 2009), recent data, which show an epidemic of medication errors in hospitals, make this decrease even more troublesome. At a time when 30 million more patients will flood our […]
The relationships between doctors and the medical industry have been under constant debate for the past fifteen years. These discussions have led federal agencies, pharmaceutical companies, state and federal governments, professional associations and academic institutions to change their policies regarding the proper role of industry in medicine. A recent example of such changes includes the […]
Michael A. Steinman, MD, et al., recently examined the “Commercial Influence and Learner-Perceived Bias in Continuing Medical Education.” The article, which appeared in the Journal of Academic Medicine, examined the relationship between commercial support of continuing medical education (CME) and perceived bias in the content of these activities. Research The research collected […]
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A recent report from First Word examined “The CME Landscape – Change and Challenges.” The report addresses criticisms of the continuing medical education (CME) industry for being biased toward product promotion, and for undermining the provision of balanced and complete education to practicing physicians. Such criticisms are unfounded because they “ignore ongoing and increased […]