NEW PhRMA GUIDELINES:
Last week, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
released a "Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals,"
significantly limiting drug marketing practices and gifts to healthcare
providers.
The voluntary code prohibits: distribution of pens, mugs, and all other
non-educational items to healthcare providers and their staff; restaurant
meals to healthcare professionals; "recreational events" at CME meetings; and
stresses that industry funding for CME must be given to the sponsor "without
strings." While many recommendations in the new PhRMA code are concordant
with the AAMC recommendations, the latter go much further in restricting
financial interactions between academic medicine and industry.
AHRQ EXTENDS CONFERENCE FUNDING DEADLINES
Small Grant Program for Conference Support extended to Oct 21, 2009. More
details at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-074.html
AHRQ Small Research Grant Program, extended to Nov 17, 2009: see
Info. provided by the Association Of American Medical Colleges |
QUALITY CARE, QUALITY TEACHING
MedEdPORTAL: a resource for CME providers, faculty, clinician-learners, many
others
MedEdPORTAL (Providing Online Resources to Advance Learning in Medical
Education) is a free publication venue developed by the AAMC to support
educators and learners as they create and use online teaching materials,
assessment tools and faculty development resources.
Publications in MedEdPORTAL include tutorials, virtual patients, cases, lab
manuals, assessment instruments, faculty development materials covering from
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical and dental education - and
each of them can meet CME and quality improvement goals. MedEdPORTAL has
sizable potential for CME providers, teachers, quality managers and others:
1) as a source of material for presentations; 2) as an opportunity to publish
high quality, peer reviewed materials developed in CME settings; 3) as a
possible revenue source for on-line materials; and 4) as a peer reviewed
scholarly contribution suitable to support promotion and tenure decisions.
For more information: an electronic copy of the MedEdPORTAL Training
Materials can be downloaded at:
http://www.aamc.org/meded/mededportal/mep-training-book.pdf, or contact
mededportal@aamc.org |
