Trend 2004: Point-of-Care CME

AT PRESS TIME, the American Medical Association's Task Force on Self-Directed/Self-Initiated Learning was in the midst of a pilot project to examine the feasibility of incorporating a point-of-care, Web-based clinical support tool into the AMA Physician's Recognition Award credit system to keep it in line with the changing educational needs of physicians. Some of these tools, which incorporate huge medical databases from which physicians can receive practice recommendations, are