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From the College
CME offerings and maintenance of certification.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/twentyfour.htm
1 May 2008
ACP issues new osteoporosis guidance
The new clinical guideline from the College updates its 2017 recommendations on pharmacologic treatment of primary osteoporosis or low bone mass to prevent fractures in adults.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/03/1.htm
3 Jan 2023
ACP advises on physician suicide prevention; study examines depression in med students
New ethical guidance from the College offers advice on how to respond to physician suicide, while a recent study found that depressive symptoms became more common as medical students progressed through school.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/08/2.htm
8 Jun 2021
Q&A: DEA requires addiction training for all prescribers
The Drug Enforcement Administration is requiring eight hours of training related to substance use disorder treatment, sending clinicians scurrying to their continuing education providers for help.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/05/dea-requires-addiction-training-for-all-prescribers.htm
1 May 2023
Governance Committee seeks Regent candidates for 2015
The Governance Committee oversees the process for nominating and electing Masters and Fellows of the College to the Board of Regents (BOR) and is beginning the process of seeking Regents to join the Board in May 2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/22/9.htm
22 Apr 2014
IM physicians join health inspections at the border
Two ACP members toured Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities near the Texas/Mexico border to evaluate the processes and environmental conditions affecting human health at the facilities.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/01/im-physicians-join-health-inspections-at-the-border.htm
1 Jan 2023
Revised ACP Regent slates announced
Jeff Wiese, MD, FACP, has resigned his position as a Regent of the American College of Physicians. As a result, the Governance Committee has revised (from the candidates announced in the November/December 2014 ACP Internist) the election slates for new Regent nominees so that his replacement may be chosen.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/25/8.htm
25 Nov 2014
Doctors with borders
What parameters determine ACP's responsibility to speak out on what is right and wrong, set guidelines, offer guidance, and articulate policy on behalf of internal medicine?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/doctors-with-borders.htm
1 Mar 2018
Clinicians needed for survey on patient health behaviors
ACP is making available to its members an online survey that is part of research being conducted at Baylor College of Medicine to explore the influence of behavioral counseling used by primary care practitioners with patients exhibiting risky health behaviors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/15/8.htm
15 Jul 2014
Call for spring 2015 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2015 Board of Governors meeting is Sept. 24.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/22/8.htm
22 Jul 2014