It has become common practice for many medical associations to offer physicians courses on using the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), a list of descriptive terms and codes used to report medical services and...

The American Medical Association Board of Trustees announced last week that it was terminating the contract of its Executive Vice President E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., M.D., pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement...

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the Association of Camp Nurses will soon offer medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical supplies to members over the Web through a marketing relationship with Moore Medical Corp., an Internet...

What factors characterize an exemplary CME program? How can your organization achieve exemplary compliance? What’s the most effective way to gauge the impact of your CME activities? CME providers can explore answers to the field’s most critical...

The American Society for Photobiology (ASP) has an interesting attendee profile. Gathering on July 7 at the Chicago Downtown Marriott will be two main groups of research scientists: those who study the effects of light on living things, and those...

In the June issue, we posed some questions designed to discover whether attracting female physicians to CME was a concern. While the results are still coming in (OK, so we only have 15 responses so far), here is a sampling of what people have said...

Serious medical education on a cruise ship? Yeah, right. Any possibility of real learning would be drowned out by the siren calls of exotic ports, tropical breezes, poolside views — not to mention the attendees' kids yelling “Watch me!” And...

If you're seeking strategies for achieving exemplary compliance under the Accreditation Council for CME's new system, consider attending “Pursuing Excellence: Raising the Bar for Continuing Medical Education,” a conference hosted by Baylor College...

Docs love golf as much as cops love doughnuts — OK, so you already knew that. But while golf is undoubtedly popular among association members, CME providers often express concerns about pharma people picking up the tab for physicians on the green...

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