News
Research Call for Proposals:
The
VA Health Services Research and Development Service is
requesting proposals for Research on Educational Interventions
for Health Professionals. The research will focus on understanding
the relationship between provider education and improved outcomes
for patients. Fore more information, the VA will host an informational
conference call on July 10 at 10 a.m.
Concept paper due July 31, 2008; and full proposals are due
September 30, 2008. Read more
Canadian
Institute of Health Research (CIHR) announces new Knowledge
to Action Grant. This grant is sponsored by Knowledge
Synthesis and Exchange Branch in partnership with the Mental
Health Commission of Canada and the Regenerative Medicine
and Nanomedicine Initiative. Registration and application
deadlines are September 01, 2008 and October 01, 2008 respectively.
Events
Meeting on EBM: Learning
What Works: Infrastructure Required to Learn Which Care is
Best. A Learning Healthcare System Workshop IOM Roundtable
on Evidence-Based Medicine. July 30-31, 2008 The National
Academy of Sciences Building. Washington, DC
Conference: AHRQ's
2008 Annual Conference: Promoting Quality—Partnering
for Change September 7-10, Bethesda, MD.
Conference: Register now for the 19th
Annual Conference on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration.
Register by September 5th and save $100 off your registration.
It will be held in October 21-23, 2008 in Baltimore, MD.
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Last Updated: July 3, 2008
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Resources
MedEdPORTAL
MedEdPORTAL is a free publishing venue and dissemination
portal developed by the Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to support educators
and learners as they create and use on-line teaching materials,
assessment tools and faculty development resources. Currently,
the AAMC has formed a partnership with the American
Dental Education Association (ADEA) in expanding MedEdPORTAL
to include dental education resources.
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Reports and Publications
Report
of the AAMC Task Force on Industry Funding of Medical Education.
The task force included: institutional leaders; faculty;
residents; students from the AAMC governance; CEOs from the
pharmaceutical; biotechnology; and medical device industries,
ethicists, and public representatives.— AAMC news
release, April 2008
Interactive
genetic counseling role-play: a novel educational strategy
for family physicians—J Genet Couns.April
2008
Academic
detailing reduces the rate of COX-2 inhibitors in the elderly—Ann
Pharmacother. June 2008
Can
courses produce long-lasting changes? Surgical decision making
improves - and stays improved - after an intensive 2-day course—Am
J Surg. May 2008
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