Issues in CME – Minnesota Medicine, November 2010

Most of this issue is devoted to discussing various aspects of continuing medical education. Here are some highlights:

• Bell H. Test anxiety. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):24-8.

• Mettner J. Grand rounds’ growing pains. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):8-10.

• Kiser K. Credit for change. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):14-6.

• Peota C. Learning styles. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):11-3.

• Meyer CR. Searching for relevance in a sea of CME. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):4.

• Deye DL. CME ASAP. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):30-1.

• Brandt B, Shanedling J. Is the CME system obsolete? Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):35-7.

• Patow CA, Bryan DJ. Engaging physicians in CME: the power of theater. Minn Med 2010 Nov;93(11):38-40.

View the PubMed records for the above articles.    View Minnesota Medicine.

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CME articles: Academic Medicine January 2010; 85 (1)

The January 2010 issue of Academic Medicine contains a number of articles of interest to CME  providers. The publisher is providing some of these these free of charge (for now).
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• Bellande BJ, Winicur ZM, Cox KM.  Commentary: Urgently needed: a safe place for self-assessment on the path to maintaining competence and improving performance. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):16-8.  PubMed – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042814
• Camilleri M, Parke DW 2nd. Perspective: Conflict of interest and professional organizations: considerations and recommendations. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):85-91.  PubMed -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042830
• Davis DA, Baron RB, Grichnik K, Topulos GP, Agus ZS, Dorman T.  Commentary: CME and its role in the academic medical center: increasing integration, adding value. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):12-5.  PubMed  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042813
• Dubovsky SL, Kaye DL, Pristach CA, DelRegno P, Pessar L, Stiles K. Can academic departments maintain industry relationships while promoting physician professionalism? Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):68-73.  PubMed   - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042827
• Kawczak S, Carey W, Lopez R, Jackman D. The effect of industry support on participants’ perceptions of bias in continuing medical education. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):80-4. PubMed   – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042829
• Lo B. Commentary: Conflict of interest policies: an opportunity for the medical profession to take the lead. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):9-11.  PubMed   - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042812
• Steinman MA, Boscardin CK, Aguayo L, Baron RB. Commercial influence and learner-perceived bias in continuing medical education. Acad Med. 2010 Jan;85(1):74-9. PubMed  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042828

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Medical Education January 2010; 44 (1) – free online!

The January 2010 issue of Medical Education is now online, and for now, it is free online! Here are the contents of this issue:

• The state of the science in health professional education
• On complexity and craftsmanship
• The value of paradoxical tensions in medical education research
• Identities as performances: encouraging visual methodologies in medical education research
• The gross anatomy laboratory: a prototype for simulation-based medical education
• Patients in health professional education: so much known, so much yet to understand
• How does research on motor skills translate into clinical skills learning?
• Medical education and other disciplines
• To err is human
• The power of feedback
• Improving the flexibility and efficiency of testing
• Self-organisation, integration and curriculum in the complex world of medical education
• It’s NOT rocket science: rethinking our metaphors for research in health professions education
• Identity, identification and medical education: why should we care?
• A critical review of simulation-based medical education research: 2003–2009
• Active patient involvement in the education of health professionals
• Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors
• Cognitive load theory in health professional education: design principles and strategies
• Diagnostic error and clinical reasoning
• State of the science in health professional education: effective feedback
• A primer on classical test theory and item response theory for assessments in medical education

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Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

    This is a a peer-reviewed, Open Access publication of Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. The July 2008 issue contains a number of articles of interest to medical educators:

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences July 2008; 24(7)
Journal Link       PubMed Records

Articles:

• Neuroplasticity and Critical Thinking [editorial by Dr. Peter H. Harasym, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary (p. 339 - 340)
• Review Article: Current Trends in Developing Medical Students' Critical Thinking Abilities [by] Peter H. Harasym, Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai, Payman Hemmati (p. 341 – 355)
• The Role of Case Presentation for Teaching and Learning Activities [by] Hirotaka Onishi (p. 3560360)
• Use of Portfolios by Medical Students: Significance of Critical Thinking [by] Samy A. Azer (p. 361 – 366)
• Reflection and Critical Thinking of Humanistic Care in Medical Education [by] Shu-Jen Shiau, Chung-Hey Chen (p. 367 – 372)
• Community-oriented Curriculum Design for Medical Humanities [by] Duu-Jian Tsai (p. 373 – 379)
• Physician Self-directed Learning and Education [by] Masami Tagawa (p. 380 – 385)

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Self-Assessment: JCEHP theme issue

  The Winter 2008 issue of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions contains a number of excellent articles on self-assessment [available by subscription only]. Click on the links below to view the PubMed records for each article.

Joan Sargeant. Toward a common understanding of self-assessment (p 1-4)

Ronald M. Epstein, Daniel J. Siegel, Jordan Silberman. Self-monitoring in clinical practice: A challenge for medical educators (p 5-13)

Kevin W. Eva, Glenn Regehr. I’ll never play professional football and other fallacies of self-assessment (p 14-19)

Robert M. Galbraith, Richard E. Hawkins, Eric S. Holmboe. Making self-assessment more effective (p 20-24)

Ivan Silver, Craig Campbell, Bernard Marlow, Joan Sargeant. Self-assessment and continuing professional development: The Canadian perspective (p 25-31)

Tim Dornan. Self-assessment in CPD: Lessons from the UK undergraduate and postgraduate education domains (p 32-37)

Research Articles
F. Daniel Duffy, Lorna A. Lynn, Halyna Didura, Brian Hess, Kelly Caverzagie, Louis Grosso, Rebecca A. Lipner, Eric S. Holmboe. Self-assessment of practice performance: Development of the ABIM Practice Improvement Module (PIMSM) (p 38-46)

Joan Sargeant, Karen Mann, Cees van der Vleuten, Job Metsemakers. Directed self-assessment: Practice and feedback within a social context (p 47-54)

Innovations
Lisa Moore, Richard Handfield-Jones. Mini-medical school: A legitimate role for university CME offices (p 55)

Insights
Jean Gray. The teacher’s teacher (p 56)

Book Reviews
Barbara J. Daley. Update of a classic on adult learning (p 57)
Bruce J. Bellande. It’s how, not what, doctors think (p 58)

Creating a Collaborative Intervention to Address Disparities in Depression: CME, Quality Improvement, and the Community

  The latest issue (v. 27, Issue S1) of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions is a special supplement addressing disparities in diagnosing and treating depression.  The lead editor and member of the Initiative for Decreasing Disparities in Depression (I3D)* steering committee is Donald E. Moore, Jr, PhD, Director, Division of Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medical Education and Administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
(See also Decreasing Disparities in the Treatment of Depression: Best Practices)

Contents of this issue [available by subscription]; PubMed records:
Collaboration to improve depression care for ethnic and racial minorities [editorial]; Creating a collaborative intervention to address disparities in depression: CME, quality improvement, and the community; Addressing disparities in diagnosing and treating depression: A promising role for continuing medical education; Current practices in depression care; Perspectives on disparities in depression care; Disparities in depression care in managed care settings; How quality improvement interventions can address disparities in depression; A conceptual model of CME to address disparities in depression care; A conceptual model for using action inquiry technologies to address disparities in depression; Improving depression care for ethnic and racial minorities: A concept for an intervention that integrates CME planning with improvement strategies

From the editorial:
While it is generally understood that education alone may not help physicians improve professional performance, the collaboration of continuing education and quality improvement initiatives offers a promise of success. The likelihood of success appears to increase when complemented by carefully implemented participatory research involving communities of ethnic and racial minorities. The constructs for collaboration are described on the pages of this JCEHP supplement. It is our collective sense that the contents of this issue add important information to what is known about continuing medical education and the care of patients diagnosed with depression.

* Developed by the Praxis Partnership, a co-operative consortium of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Vanderbilt University, and Indicia Medical Education, LLC designed to resolve the significant gap between the mental health care services that ethnic and racial minority groups are receiving and those they could be receiving.  Funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Journal of Athletic Training: Open Access journal

  The Journal of Athletic Training is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal, and the official publication of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Inc.

Mission: to enhance communication among professionals interested in the quality of health care for the physically active through education and research in prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries.

Free full text is available from the journal’s Web site from 2000 to the present, and from PubMed Central from 1992.

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Professionalism in Medicine: theme issue from Academic Medicine

  The November 2007 issue of Academic Medicine is a theme issue entitled Professionalism in Medicine. Selected titles [titles with links are Open Access]:

Professionalism in Medicine;  Viewpoint: Learning Professionalism: A View from the Trenches;  The Journey to Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Professionalism;  Viewpoint: Professionalism and Humanism Beyond the Academic Health Center;  Viewpoint: Linking Professionalism to Humanism: What It Means, Why It Matters; A Complementary Approach to Promoting Professionalism: Identifying, Measuring, and Addressing Unprofessional Behaviors; Institutional Leadership and Faculty Response: Fostering Professionalism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Faculty Development as an Instrument of Change: A Case Study on Teaching Professionalism; Promoting Professionalism through an Online Professional Development Portfolio: Successes, Joys, and Frustrations; Overcoming Institutional Challenges through Continuous Professionalism Improvement: The University of Washington Experience; From Traditional to Patient-Centered Learning: Curriculum Change as an Intervention for Changing Institutional Culture and Promoting Professionalism in Undergraduate Medical Education; Putting the Needs of the Patient First: Mayo Clinic’s Core Value, Institutional Culture, and Professionalism Covenant; Viewpoint: Infusing Professionalism into a School of Medicine: Perspectives from the Dean; Promoting an Environment of Professionalism: The University of Chicago “Roadmap”

See also Professionalism and medical education: a theme issue;  Professionalism: five articles;  The developing physician – becoming a professional; 

Open Medicine

At long last, welcome to the first issue of Open Medicine, launched April 18, 2007. This new open access journal represents a milestone in the independence and academic freedom of medical research publishing. 
From the April 18 2007 edition of The Globe & Mail:

A new open-access general medical journal, published in Canada, is about to be born.
Editors of Open Medicine, a journal that won’t charge subscription fees and won’t run advertisements for medical devices or drugs, say they will go live online with the new publication on Wednesday.
The idea for the journal was conceived last year in the wake of the firing of the editor and deputy editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Dr. John Hoey and Anne Marie Todkill were fired by the CMAJ’s publisher in what is believed to have been a conflict over editorial independence between the journal and its owner, the Canadian Medical Association.  full story

Selected articles from the first issue:
Why Open Medicine? ;  Factors related to use of prostate cancer screening: The Alberta Tomorrow Project;  Rural medical students at urban medical schools: Too few and far between?;  Accuracy of administrative databases in identifying patients with hypertension;  A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States;  Direct-to-consumer advertising and expenditure on prescription drugs: A comparison of experiences in the United States and Canada;  The joys and challenges of being an open access medical journal;  The media–medicine mix: quality concerns in medical reporting;  Decision-making in primary care: Does screening for peripheral arterial disease improve risk stratification for patients at intermediate coronary risk?;  Pharmaceutical ethics? [book review of Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry by] Jerome P Kassirer more

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

  This journal is now published by Elsevier, and the June 2007 issue is now online, and the March issue is Open Access. Link to all issues,  now available by subscription.

From the March editorial by editor Claire Johnson:
For the past several years, the editorial staff has been working diligently to make continued and substantial improvements to the journal. For the year 2007, we welcome Elsevier as our new publisher. Joining with Elsevier brings many improvements to the journal including:
1.Indexing in Science Direct—allows broader access to our articles for journal readers and researchers [not in Science Direct yet]
2.New and updated Web site—provides easier access to current contents, a free table of contents service, and allows access to interesting articles in the back issues
3.Online manuscript submissions—increases ease of the submission process for authors, allowing them to track their submission throughout the entire process
Read the full editorial