Dec 21, 2005

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey...

Dec 20, 2005

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: From the November 2005 issue of Journal of Philosophy of Education: Erlandson P. The body disciplined: rewriting teaching competence and the doctrine of reflection. Journal of Philosophy of Education 2005...

NYT weighs in on conflict of interest

Dec 16, 2005

Expect some blowback on this editorial in today's New York Times: Drugs, Devices and Doctors: In our medical system, conflicts of interest aren't the exception—they're the norm...

Scanga earns Cancer Control Merit Award

Dec 16, 2005

Kudos to Lynne Scanga! From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...

Caption this New Yorker cartoon

Dec 15, 2005

New Yorker magazine has been running this cartoon contest for a while, but this week's is too good to pass up. There are a couple of good ones for this cartoon over at DB's Medical Rants. My favorites: “This interview is being monito...

Looking for studies on case vignettes

Dec 14, 2005

I recently got this request from a reader, and was hoping you all could help. If you can, please leave a citation in the comments, or e-mail it to me and I'll pass it along. ...

Watch those document changes

Dec 14, 2005

This Forbes article explains how Microsoft Word added to Merck's Vioxx troubles...

ACCME posts RSC compliance toolkit

Dec 14, 2005

From the e-mail alert...

CME's role in Medicare Part D

Dec 13, 2005

Back in September, I was contacted by a guy who works with PartDandMe.com, an educational site about the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit sponsored by Pacificare. He pointed out that educating healthcare workers about this plan would...

Innovative communications win awards

Dec 12, 2005

Innovative uses of communication services are all over continuing medical education these days. Congratulations to the winners of Elliot Gold's "Wild & Unexpected Applications" awards presented at this year's Polycom User Group Conference in...