Sorry for the OT post, but this is such a great idea I had to share. According to an article in the New York Times: ...

Poor Bob Kristofco with the University of Alabama School of Medicine had a tough row to hoe at the SACME fall meeting Nov. 6 in Boston. He not only had the last session after a very long day, but he also had one of the hottest hot topics to deal...

A session at SACME s fall meeting on working with industry during these increasingly difficult regulatory and lawsuit-happy times was amazing. Led by a consultant who worked for industry for 23 years and a pharmaceutical industry representative...

I just heard about MedBiquitous the other day, but it sounds like it s an organization on the move. According to its Web site, Oregon Health and Science University and MedBiquitous have received a grant from the National Library of Medicine to...

In a post last week about how education about better communication with patients can reduce medical errors. I thought that while pharma might not be too interested in sponsoring this type of thing, insurance companies should be all over it. A...

My friend has been asked by her place of worship to do a little talk about what she's thankful for for a special Thanksgiving service. As we were talking about it while walking our dogs before work this morning, I asked her what she was going to...

This article in the Boston Globe points to me to a screaming need for CME on how to be both a decent human being and a doctor to patients. And the docs should be motivated to attend, because it's becoming increasingly clearer that something as...

Note: SACME members can download PowerPoint presentations from the fall meeting in Boston from the SACME Web site. For those who couldn't attend and/or aren't members, I'll be writing up my notes from the sessions and posting them on Capsules...

Here's the sixth and last case in conflict of interest from the Society for Academic CME session last Saturday: ...

Here's the fifth case in conflict of interest from the Society for Academic CME session last Saturday: ...