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Update: Who Will Pay for CME?

As this dove tails with my previous post, it seems that perhaps the reasons are not lack of available training but lack of interest by the docs to become knowledgeable.

"Many doctors and pharmacists surveyed by the center said they have received only limited training in prescribing drugs.

Four in 10 doctors said they received no training in medical school on prescribing controlled substances; more than one-half received no training on identifying prescription drug abuse or addiction. Three-fourths said they had no training in medical school identifying diversion of prescription drugs for illicit purposes.

Four in 10 pharmacists say they have received no instruction since pharmacy school in dispensing prescription drugs. Almost one-half said they have received no instruction since pharmacy school in identifying prescription drug abuse or diversion of prescription drugs."

 

According to the Associated Press, physicians are not confident in prescribing many of the key drug classes.

It's hard to believe, but there it is!

Health Calculators

The University of Maryland Medicine has a wonderful Web site that has a menu of
interactive health calculators.

Ranging from asthma to waist-hip ratio, these calculators would make an excellent addition to MedEd activities and Patient Ed programs.

Back To The Future

This video attachment (should play with windows media player) gives us some perspective on where we have come on the Internet.

I wrote about the Internet the other day and this seemed like a nice follow-up. Enjoy!

Internet

The Internet may become so commonplace that soon, we will not even think any more about it than we do about our electric service, phone service and water.

A good and interesting use of technology is documented in this Wired article entitled "24 Hour Movie People".

Here is a bad use of the internet.

If only we could document our MedEd results the way Google can. Look at those charts and graphics. Fabulous. We'll get there.

I have always thought of the Internet as a mass communication platform. During the hype days of the later 90's, it was curious to me that the Internet had been placed on a pedestal. The Internet is another platform to reach a wide audience. It should be a part of the mix but never the solution.