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Can We Change What Happens When Industry Rings the Bell?

Paul R. Lichter, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(11):1593-1597.

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"The traditional independence of physicians and the welfare of the public are being threatened by the new vogue among drug manufacturers to promote their products by assuming an aggressive role in the ‘education’ of doctors."¹ Although written nearly half a century ago, this comment is worth considering today, especially as it pertains to continuing medical education (CME).

We commonly invoke CME to mean something good and something needed. In many ways, we seem to respond to it with a conditioned, Pavlovian response. Continuing medical education helps assure us and our patients that we are up to date in a fast-changing medical environment. The number of CME offerings grows annually. Yet, while it grows, much has transpired in the CME field to turn it on its head. Physician-industry relationships in CME have led to a creeping skepticism about how CME is planned and financed. Questions are being . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CME'S BEGINNINGS


EVOLUTION OF THE CME INDUSTRY

CME ACCREDITATION AND MANDATES

WHO PAYS FOR CME?

INDUSTRY ADAPTS ITS GIFT-GIVING APPROACH

THE EXPANSION OF CME AND INDUSTRY'S INVOLVEMENT

MEDICAL EDUCATION SERVICE SUPPLIERS

STOKING PHYSICIANS’ CME INSTINCTS

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

CHANGING THE PICTURE

EXAMPLE OF A VIRTUOUS ORGANIZATION

CONCLUSIONS

AUTHOR INFORMATION


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