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2008 Publications and Reports

 

Reports

Industry Funding of Medical Education: Report of an AAMC Task Force

Report to the President and the Congress on Comparative Effectiveness Research

MACY Foundation 2008 Annual Report

New Standards Adopted to Elevate Physician Life-Long Learning Assessment for the ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program—The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)

IOM Releases Report on Conflict of Interest
The report tackles conflicts of interest from biomedical research to clinical care and from the training of new doctors to the continuing education of physicians. It recommends several actions to improve disclosure of financial ties, limit company payments and gifts, and remove industry influence from medical education and the development of practice guidelines.

AHRQ'S 2007 State Snapshots Provide Broader Portraits of State-by-State Health Care Performance
An annual analysis to help health leaders identify areas of health care delivery that need quality improvement

AHRQ Database Report: Patient Safety Culture Surveys

A Position Paper on Letters of Agreement for Commercial Support Grants in Support of Continuing Medical Education Activities: The Accredited Provider's Position—Mark Schaffer and Melinda Steele Reviewed and endorsed by SACME

Chairman's Summary of the Conference on Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning—Proceedings of the conference chaired by Suzanne W. Fletcher, M.D., M.Sc., Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008

Effect of Board Certification on Antihypertensive Treatment Intensification in Patients With Diabetes MellitusRobert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008

Under The Influence: Can We Provide Doctors An Alternative To Biased Drug Reviews?—Webcast of a March 12 hearing by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

AAMC, AAU Issue New Guidelines on Managing Conflicts of Interest—AAMC news release, Feb. 28, 2008

Health Care Innovations Exchange
An AHRQ program to support health care professionals in sharing and adopting innovations that improve the delivery of care to patients.

Playing Games to Improve Health at the 2008 Games for Health ConferenceRobert Wood Johnson Foundation

Emergency care: Paramedics and EMS physicians across Canada are responding to the demand to base their practice on evidence.

Journals

JCEHP winter 2008 issue focuses on self-assessment and its role in CME

Additional Publications

Research & Development Resource Base (RDRB), University of Toronto

Emergency care: Paramedics and EMS physicians across Canada are responding to the demand to base their practice on evidence.

Public health resource updated: A searchable online registry of published research evidence that evaluates public health interventions

Taking meds properly: Interventions for enhancing medication adherence

A behavioral intervention to improve obstetrical careN Engl J Med., May 2008

Simulation education in anesthesia training: a case report of successful resuscitation of bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest linked to recent simulation trainingAnesth Analg., May 2008

2007 Publications and Reports

 

December

Clinical decision support tools for osteoporosis disease management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsJ Gen Intern Med. 2008 Dec;23(12):2095-105

Multifaceted strategies may increase implementation of physiotherapy clinical guidelines: a systematic review (PDF, 9 pages) Aust J Physiother. 2008;54(4):233-41

Implementation of locally adapted guidelines on type 2 diabetesFam Pract. 2008 Dec;25(6):430-7

June

Academic detailing reduces the rate of COX-2 inhibitors in the elderlyAnn Pharmacother.

May

Effective medical education: Insights from the Cochrane Library—Obstet Gynecol Surv.

Can courses produce long-lasting changes? Surgical decision making improves—and stays improved—after an intensive 2-day courseAm J Surg.

Radiation therapy education for rural and remote GPsRural Remote Health

Simulation-based endovascular skills assessment: The future of credentialing?J Vasc Surg

Quality assurance and continuing medical education in dermatopathology—the ASDP wayJ Cutan Pathol

A behavioral intervention to improve obstetrical careN Engl J Med

Simulation education in anesthesia training: a case report of successful resuscitation of bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest linked to recent simulation trainingAnesth Analg

April

Interactive genetic counseling role-play: A novel educational strategy for family physiciansJ Genet Couns

Laparoscopic training on Thiel human cadavers: A model to teach advanced laparoscopic proceduresSurg Endosc

Interactive genetic counseling role-play: A novel educational strategy for family physiciansJ Genet Couns.

Radiation therapy education for rural and remote GPsRural Remote Health

Training tomorrow's doctors in diabetes: Self-reported confidence levels, practice and perceived training needs of post-graduate trainee doctors in the UK. A multi-centre surveyBMC Med Educ

Correcting biases in psychiatric diagnostic practice in Northwest Russia: comparing the impact of a general educational program and a specific diagnostic training programBMC Med Educ

Unanticipated difficult airway management in anaesthetised patients: A prospective study of the effect of mannequin training on management strategies and skill retentionAnaesthesia

How long do doctors need to read a paper in specialist journals presenting accredited continuing medical education?Med Klin (Munich)-Article in German

March

Evaluation of a workshop on evidence-based medicine for social insurance physiciansOccup Med (Lond)

A web-based Alcohol Clinical Training (ACT) curriculum: is in-person faculty development necessary to affect teaching?—BMC Med Educ

Leadership and professional workforce developmentPsychiatr Clin North Am

Vascular surgical trainingAnn R Coll Surg Engl

Addressing life long learning needs of neurologist in the emerging world: a case study of an innovative CME programJ Neurol Sci

Attributes of an effective trainer: implications of the views of UK dermatology traineesBr J Dermatol

Awareness of investigations and treatment of faecal incontinence among the general practitioners: a postal questionnaire surveyColorectal Disease

Expansion of the coordinator role in orthopaedic residency program management—Clin Orthop Relat Res

Hospital, simulation center, and teamwork training for eclampsia management: a randomized controlled trial—Obstet Gynecol

[Annual continuing education for specialists]—Lakartidningen [Article in Swedish]

Use of quality improvement methods in Finnish health centres in 1998 and 2003—Scand J Prim Health Care

What leadership roles can professional societies plan in the life long learning of professionals in the developing world?J Neurol Sci

Training opportunities and the role of virtual reality simulation in acquisition of basic laparoscopic skills—J Surg Res

The Reported Validity and Reliability of Methods for Evaluating Continuing Medical Education: A Systematic Review— Academic Medicine

February

What do doctors really think about the relevance and impact of GP appraisal 3 years on? A survey of Scottish GPsBr J Gen Pract. Feb. 2008

Ultrasound of the acute abdomen performed by surgeons in trainingMinerva Chir

Maintenance of certification: current attitudes of members of the American Society of Neuroradiology AJNR

E-learning tools for education: regulatory aspects, current applications in radiology and future prospectRadiol Med (Torino) [Article in English, Italian]

Maintenance of certification: current attitudes of members of the American Society of NeuroradiologyAJNR Am J Neuroradiol

Advances and controversies in clinical nutrition: the education outcome of a live continuing medical education courseNutr Clin Pract

Evaluating the impact of educational interventions on use of antithrombotics in AustraliaPharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf

Responses of Medical Schools to Institutional Conflicts of InterestJAMA

The coblation tonsillectomy learning curveOtolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Enhancing communication skills for pediatric visits through on-line training using video demonstrationsBMC Med Educ

January

Continuing medical education and burnout among Danish GPsBr J Gen Pract

Time for guidelines in diagnostic imaging?Br J Hosp Med (Lond)

Impact of a physician education and patient awareness campaign on the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiencies—Immunol Res

A CME course aimed at addressing disruptive physician behavior—Physician Exec

Reducing healthcare disparities: cultural diversity training for primary care physician office practice through continuing medical education—Conn Med

Drivers for change in primary care of diabetes following a protected learning time educational event: interview study of practitioners—BMC Med Educ

Trends in opioid prescribing by race/ethnicity for patients seeking care in US emergency departmentsJAMA

Simulation technology for skills training and competency assessment in medical educationJ Gen Intern Med

Education techniques for lifelong learning: international variations in initial certification and maintenance of certification in radiology: a multinational surveyRadiographics

Attitudes, beliefs, and referral patterns of PCPs to bariatric surgeonsJ Surg Res

Regular Physician Recertification Could Improve Care Delivery, Study SuggestsRobert Wood Johnson Foundation

Using evaluation to guide successful development of an online training course for healthcare professionalsJ Public Health Manag Pract

Training improves agreement among doctors using the Neer system for proximal humeral fractures in a systematic review—J Clin Epidemiol

Education improves colonoscopy appropriateness—Gastrointest Endosc

Can teaching agenda-setting skills to physicians improve clinical interaction quality? A controlled intervention—BMC Med Educ

Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection prevention Gagliardi AR. et al, American Journal of Infection Control. 37(5):398-402, 2009 June.

Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes Forsetlund L, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2)

Electronic continuing education in the health professions: an update on evidence from RCTs.Lam-Antoniades M, Ratnapalan S, Tait G. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2009 Winter;29(1):44-51.

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