Search results for "Medical Education"
Off-service note from ACP's outgoing president
ACP has made tremendous strides in the past 100 years, and must make many more in the next 100 in order to achieve its goals of caring for patients in an effective health care environment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2011
Physicians wary of commercially supported CME, but loath to cut it
Medical professionals are concerned about commercial bias from industry-supported continuing medical education programs, but they underestimate the costs of putting on such events and are unwilling to pay higher fees to offset or eliminate event costs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/17/2.htm
17 May 2011
Med school debt becomes budgeting burden for primary care
A newly minted primary care physician graduates with a budget that leaves him or her $800 in the red each month. Compared to their subspecialist counterparts, the debt leaves primary care physicians feeling undervalued, especially since they value their work to be as hard and as important.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/07/money.htm
1 Jul 2011
Use caution when seeking medical information online
Researching medical knowledge online involves knowing three different types of resources, summary sites, society sites and primary literature. Knowing when to use each ensures the physician makes the correct diagnosis, and preserves the patient's confidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/07/google.htm
1 Jul 2011
Obituary
Everett W. Sanderson, FACP; Bowen E. Taylor, FACP; Paul Florentino, FACP; Luis Landa, MACP; and Eduardo Barroso, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/07/obituary.htm
1 Jul 2011
College Regent wins medical professionalism prize
Molly Cooke, FACP, a Regent of the College, has been named a winner of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Professionalism Article Prize for an article published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/02/8.htm
2 Aug 2011
Project ECHO expands the reach of primary care
To improve local care of hepatitis, Project ECHO uses videoconferencing and case-based learning to connect front-line primary care physicians with skilled and knowledgeable specialists.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/ECHO.htm
1 Sep 2011
Collaborations gather disparate organizations together
The American College of Physicians collaborates with other medical societies about how internists can enable members to provide better patient experiences and outcomes, as well as increase access to affordable, available, high-quality, cost-conscious care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2011
Debt deal could hurt programs crucial to internal medicine
Politicians often choose to wait until the absolute last minute to strike a deal on difficult decisions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2011
Mandated health care cuts don't equal health care reform
Under the new budget control agreement that President Obama and Congress reached in August to allow for an increase in the debt ceiling, federal health care spending could be subject to deep cuts.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2011