I love that quote from an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer an alert reader (thanks, Debra!) sent me today. "Even after PhRMA passed new guidelines saying that free meals to doctors should be "modest," former HUP physician David Grande found in...

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Here's some light reading from the November 2004 issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing: ...

Looks like it's true: Michael Moore is sniffing around drugs this time. From an article in The Detroit news: ...

Some interesting stuff on AMNews' 2004 top facts. Only one seemed directly related to CME: Medicare quality improvement groups offer physicians free consulting services on information technology (Nov. 15)

Anne Taylor-Vaisey asked an interesting question of her ...

This post on DB's Medical Rants makes me wonder if that's another, seldom-spoken-about, reason why physicians and other healthcare providers like face-to-facing meetings for their CME: They get a chance to tell their war stories to people who...

According to The Times of India, the Dehli Medical Council is getting serious about improving the professionalism of its physicians--including CME. A snippet: ...

Anne Taylor-Vaisey reminded me this morning about the Canadian Red Cross, which is doing some great work to help the tsunami victims. Here's the link.

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Here is an intriguing article from the March 2005 issue of Social Science & Medicine. Cool metaphors and a couple of new words ... ...

Just a chip shot away from the hotel at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (or so say the public relations staff; I'd say it's more like a very long drive), you'll find the Club at Savannah Harbor. A convenient two-minute shuttle...