IMPORTANCE New dissemination methods are needed to engage physicians in evidence-based continuing medical education (CME). OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of social media in engaging physicians in non-industry-sponsored CME. DESIGN We tested the effect of different media platforms (e-mail, Facebook, paid Facebook and Twitter), CME topics, and different "hooks" (e.g., Q&A, clinical pe...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility, safety, and technical strategies of hand-assisted laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (HAL-CME) and to compare oncological outcomes between HAL-CME and the open approach (O-CME) for right colon cancers. METHODS Patients who were scheduled to undergo a right hemicolectomy were divided into HAL-CME and O-CME groups. Measured outcomes included demogra...

To obtain credit, you should ? rst read the journal article. After reading the article, you should be able to answer the following, related, multiple-choice questions. To complete the questions and earn continuing medical education (CME) credit, please go to http://www.medscape.com/cme/eid. Credit cannot be obtained for tests completed on paper, although you may use the worksheet below to keep ...

abstract it has been proposed that we think of continuing medical education (cme) as a two-stranded helix, in which one strand represents the internal characteristics of the learner-physician, the other strand the culture and environment in which he or she practices and lives. in many countries, the product of these two strands has been increasingly termed ‘continuing professional development’,...

A substantial proportion of human breast cancers contain estrogen receptors, and it is believed that the growth of some of these tumors and their synthesis of specific proteins are stimulated by estrogens. Since natural estrogens, such as estradiol, react reversibly with estrogen receptors, it was of interest to determine the biological consequences that would result from very strong, possibly ...

Review the stated learning objectives of the CME articles and determine if these objectives match your individual learning needs. 2. Read the articles carefully. Do not neglect the tables and other illustrative materials, as they have been selected to enhance your knowledge and understanding. 3. The following quiz questions have been designed to provide a useful link between the CME articles in...

This activity offers CE credits for: 1. Physicians (CME) 2. Other ACTIVITY GOAL To understand the conceptual framework for integrating biomedicine and Asian medicine. LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to: • Discuss the limitations and advantages of biomedicine and Asian medicine • Assess when it is more beneficial to use biomedicine and when Asian m...

purpose: to report treatment with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (ivta) in a patient with cystoid macular edema (cme) secondary to retinitis pigmentosa (rp). case report: a 22-year-old male patient with rp presented with progressive visual loss. visual acuity was 9/10 in the right eye and 10/10 in the left eye without refractive error. examination revealed cme in the right eye. after fail...