Interesting article in the Boston Globe: Flaws are found in validating medical studies: Many see need to overhaul standards for peer review ...

Here's a great post from Anne Taylor-Vaisey, for those with a little time on their hands...

I had missed this one from Tuesday's New York Times—thanks to a reader for pointing it out to me: Expert Panel Gives Advice That Surprises a Drug Maker. A snip...

Here's your heartwarming story of the day, courtesy of the New York Times (free reg. req'd): Research Scientist Gives $105 Million to N.Y.U.. A snip...

There‘s an interesting editorial in this week's BMJ: (By the way, PHROG indicates basing education on prejudices, hunches, opinions and guesses rather than evidence). Commentary: The challenges of systematic reviews of educational research...

I spoke this morning with someone from a large medical conference who wanted to know if blogs might be a good addition to their meeting marketing mix (here's what a blog is). I've written a few articles about meeting blogs (here, here, and here)...

So, how useful is a clinical learning portfolio, really? This article attempts to find out...

This sounds like an interesting article that addresses the non-clinical training needs of physicians, including management skills and CME planning...

Congratulations to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Central America, and Asia, on receiving two-year provisional accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Education.

There's lots of good stuff on the 46th edition of Grand Rounds, a sampling of the medical blogosphere. Some of my favorite tidbits this week...