public health

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In the last of 3 videos, David K. Mineta, Deputy Director of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Murray Kopelow, MD, ACCME President and CEO, discuss specific approaches that accredited CME providers can...

>> MINETA: You know, one of our roles is actually working with the federal interagency: particularly with the FDA on this in this area. Is you know is that proper prescribing is the education and again it’s one of those areas...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In the first of three videos, David K.  Mineta, Deputy Director of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, provides a brief overview of the prescription drug abuse problem in an interview with Murray Kopelow, MD,...

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>> KOPELOW: I’m Murray Kopelow the CEO of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

>> MINETA: Hi, my name is David Mineta, and I am the Deputy Director for the office of...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In the second of three videos, David K. Mineta, Deputy Director of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, discusses screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) as a topic  for physician...

 

>> KOPELOW: So, if we talk about professional practice, because our CME providers are focused on enhancing the professional, the practices of the people. And they focus on the gaps that these professionals have. And...

Friday, June 22, 2012

Ezra Ernst, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Medscape Education, discusses the evolution, integration, and future of the Internet as a delivery mechanism for continuing medical education with ACCME President and Chief...

>>KOPELOW: I’m Murray Kopelow, the CEO for the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

>>ERNST: I’m Ezra Ernst Senior Vice President and General Manager for Medscape Education.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Medical school and residency programs are the beginning of doctors' training. For the rest of their careers, physicians rely on accredited continuing medical education to help them improve their...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Gayle Akins, National CME Program Manager for Kaiser Permanente, talks with Steve Singer, PhD, ACCME's Director of Education and Outreach, about her experience engaging with the CME environment at a national, regional, and...

>>SINGER: Hello, I’m Steve Singer I’m the Director of Education and Outreach at the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

>>AKINS: Hello, I’m Gayle Akins, National CME Program Manager for...

Government/CME collaboration opportunities session at workshop

The ACCME has added a new session to its 2013 CME as a Bridge to Quality™...

Murray Kopelow, MD, ACCME Chief Executive, was interviewed for Reach MD Radio about CME as a strategic asset to public health initiatives, including the Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Evaluation and...

The ACCME appreciates that the FDA recognizes the value of accredited education and chose to leverage the CE system to carry out this important public health initiative. The ACCME has a long-standing commitment to supporting the...

On July 9, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy or REMS for extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics.

The centerpiece of the ER/LA Opioid Analgesic...

The ACCME participated in the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO) 2012 Annual Meeting, held in June in Chicago. Murray Kopelow, MD, ACCME President and Chief Executive, gave a...