Society for Academic CME Non SACME Events

Relationships Between Physicians and Industry: Initiatives to Recognize and Manage Conflicts of Interest

Jim Ranieri — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:58:13 GMT

The Association for Hospital Medical Education teleconference:

Relationships Between Physicians and Industry:
Initiatives to Recognize and Manage Conflicts of Interest
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 ~ 1:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern

Physician conflicts of interest that arise due to their relationships with industry continue to be a major national concern as the Congress and Federal agencies issue tougher laws and regulations to assure transparency of these relationships to the public. At the same time, medical associations and societies debate the need for more stringent ethical standards in an acknowledgement that physician behaviors must change. Industry leaders are also taking a fresh look at the changing landscape. This is a compelling time for all, but in particular, providers of medical education who must adopt new coping mechanisms and institutional policies to safeguard the reputations of their faculty and their home institutions, as well as try to identify support worthy CME projects. This important session brings together three national thought leaders on physician conflicts of interest and industry responsibility.

Objectives:
At the end of this teleconference session, the learner should be able to:
•   Recognize and manage physician conflicts of interest with industry
•   Promote faculty and institutional awareness of the consequences of physician conflicts of interest
•   Discuss the new CEJA rules relative to physician disclosure and their impact on CME
•   Describe new models for commercial support that mitigate potential conflicts of interest in funding CME

Speakers:
Norman Kahn, MD serves as Executive Vice-president and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS). He has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, where he chaired the Task Force that revised the Standards for Commercial Support of CME. He serves on the National Steering Committee, and Chairs the National Advisory Committee of the Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) project. He also represents CMSS to several quality and performance measurement and improvement agencies.

Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD is Director of Ethics Policy at the AMA. Previously, she was at the National Center for Ethics in Health Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington, DC, where she served as chief of ethics communications with editorial responsibility for all center publications. During her tenure with the VA, she also served as a member of the development team for IntegratedEthics, a national education and organizational change initiative.

Maureen Doyle-Scharff, MBA, CCMEP, FACME is Senior Director, Team Lead of the Medical Education Group at Pfizer Inc. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME), is a member of the National Task Force for CME Provider/Industry Collaboration, is founder and past president of the Ohio Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, and served for six years on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACME), including serving as Secretary/Treasurer in the final two years.

Moderator
Robert D'Antuono, MHA, is an AHME board member, CCME Chair-Elect and Director of Continuing Medical Education at Winthrop University Hospital.

Integrating Quality: Linking Clinical and Educational Excellence

Jim Ranieri — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:17:48 GMT

AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting
June 7-8, 2012
Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
Rosemont, IL

Expanded focus: interprofessional approaches to quality improvement and patient safety across the continuum of health professions education and clinical care in academic health centers

This program has been planned in partnership with colleagues from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), and the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA).

This highly interactive program will bring together health care professionals, trainees, and students from across these organizations to share strategies for enhancing the culture of quality in clinical care and health professions education and training. Poster sessions, interactive workshops, and plenary sessions will focus on the following areas:

Integrating the Academic and Clinical Quality Missions
Team-based and Interprofessional Approaches to Quality Improvement
Student and Trainee Initiatives in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Faculty Development and Scholarly Careers in Quality and Performance Improvement

Registration and program details are available through the AAMC IQ Meeting Web site.

2012 GAME Annual Conference

Jim Ranieri — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:26 GMT

2012 GAME Annual Conference
May 29-30, 2012
Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Toronto, Canada

www.game-cme.org

2012 Game Brochure

Online registration

Searching for Evidence 101

Jim Ranieri — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:07:42 GMT

The Royal College is pleased to announce the next Centre for Learning in Practice Seminar Series Accredited Group Learning (Section 1) event:

Title: Searching for Evidence 101
Presenter: Lee-Ann Ufholz, Director of the Health Sciences
Library, University of Ottawa
Date: May 14 2012 10-11 a.m. (EST)
Location: Royal College campus (774 Echo Drive, Ottawa) or online webinar
To Register: Email clip@royalcollege.ca
Level of Information: Introductory/Beginner

Event Objectives:
• Explain and describe basic search parameters and logic to increase efficiency of searching, including but not limited to, the use of Boolean operators (and, or, not);
• Be aware of several major electronic search engines and learn how to search and download citations within PubMED and describe some key search features (e.g. related papers links);
• Create and manage personal Auto-Alerts (as a scanning strategy for keeping up-to-date);
• Apply the principles and skills to their own scholarly and research practices.

Accreditation: This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This program has been reviewed and approved by the University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Medical Education. Continuing Medical Education.

MedBiquitous Annual Conference

Jim Ranieri — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:30 GMT

MedBiquitous Annual Conference
http://medbiq.org/conference2012
May 2-4, 2012 at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland
Transforming Health Professions Education through Technology

Join colleagues from around the world to examine how learning technologies can transform health professions education. The conference provides an opportunity for hands on exploration of learning technologies, active discussion with peers, and updates from leaders in quality and education. Dr. Peter Pronovost, Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, will speak about clinical communities and peer-driven quality improvement. Dr. Craig Campbell, Director of the Office of Professional Affairs at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, will speak about facilitating a culture of lifelong learning and self-improvement. Dr. Thomas Talbot, Medical Simulation Portfolio Manager, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, will provide the Philip Dodds Memorial lecture in the closing session.

Some highlights from the rest of the conference include:

Web-enabled ePortfolio: Integrated Learning Space Supporting Physician Planning, Reflection, Documentation, and Management of Learning for Practice<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/eportfolio>

Electronic Verification of Medical Education Credentials<http://medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/verification>

Beam Me Up, Scotty: Designing the Future of Healthcare Professional Development<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/profdev>

iVirtual Patient Player – the next step<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/player>

Web Services for Professional Data<http://medbiq.org/conference2012/workshops/web-services>

Implementing the New Curriculum Inventory Standard: Will our current curricular systems meet the needs?<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/implementinginventory>