2008 Publications and Reports
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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 Mellitus—Robert
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 Conference—Robert
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 care—N
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 training—Anesth Analg.,
May 2008
2007 Publications and
Reports

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December
Clinical
decision support tools for osteoporosis disease management: a systematic
review of randomized controlled trials—J 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 diabetes—Fam
Pract. 2008 Dec;25(6):430-7
June
Academic
detailing reduces the rate of COX-2 inhibitors in the elderly—Ann
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 course—Am
J Surg.
Radiation
therapy education for rural and remote GPs—Rural Remote
Health
Simulation-based
endovascular skills assessment: The future of credentialing?—J
Vasc Surg
Quality
assurance and continuing medical education in dermatopathology—the
ASDP way—J Cutan Pathol
A
behavioral intervention to improve obstetrical care—N
Engl J Med
Simulation
education in anesthesia training: a case report of successful resuscitation
of bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest linked to recent simulation
training—Anesth Analg
April
Interactive
genetic counseling role-play: A novel educational strategy for family
physicians—J Genet Couns
Laparoscopic
training on Thiel human cadavers: A model to teach advanced laparoscopic
procedures—Surg Endosc
Interactive
genetic counseling role-play: A novel educational strategy for family
physicians—J Genet Couns.
Radiation
therapy education for rural and remote GPs—Rural 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 survey—BMC Med Educ
Correcting
biases in psychiatric diagnostic practice in Northwest Russia: comparing
the impact of a general educational program and a specific diagnostic
training program—BMC Med Educ
Unanticipated
difficult airway management in anaesthetised patients: A prospective
study of the effect of mannequin training on management strategies
and skill retention—Anaesthesia
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 physicians— Occup 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 development—Psychiatr Clin
North Am
Vascular
surgical training—Ann R Coll Surg Engl
Addressing
life long learning needs of neurologist in the emerging world: a
case study of an innovative CME program—J Neurol Sci
Attributes
of an effective trainer: implications of the views of UK dermatology
trainees—Br J Dermatol
Awareness
of investigations and treatment of faecal incontinence among the
general practitioners: a postal questionnaire survey—Colorectal
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 GPs—Br J Gen Pract.
Feb. 2008
Ultrasound
of the acute abdomen performed by surgeons in training—Minerva
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 prospect—Radiol Med (Torino)
[Article in English, Italian]
Maintenance
of certification: current attitudes of members of the American Society
of Neuroradiology—AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Advances
and controversies in clinical nutrition: the education outcome of
a live continuing medical education course—Nutr Clin
Pract
Evaluating
the impact of educational interventions on use of antithrombotics
in Australia—Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Responses
of Medical Schools to Institutional Conflicts of Interest—JAMA
The
coblation tonsillectomy learning curve—Otolaryngol
Head Neck Surg
Enhancing
communication skills for pediatric visits through on-line training
using video demonstrations—BMC Med Educ
January
Continuing
medical education and burnout among Danish GPs—Br 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 departments—JAMA
Simulation
technology for skills training and competency assessment in medical
education—J Gen Intern Med
Education
techniques for lifelong learning: international variations in initial
certification and maintenance of certification in radiology: a multinational
survey—Radiographics
Attitudes,
beliefs, and referral patterns of PCPs to bariatric surgeons—J
Surg Res
Regular
Physician Recertification Could Improve Care Delivery, Study Suggests—Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Using
evaluation to guide successful development of an online training
course for healthcare professionals—J 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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