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2007 News


10/2007 CME, emerging in the emerging world -- Africa, Asia and Latin America

10/2007 What doctors think of pharma funding

10/2007 Spain's accreditation system is reaffirmed

10/2007 CME mandatory in Iran -- At least for doctors in private clinics

2006 News


11/27/2006 Can Physicians Self-Assess? Not Very Well.

11/27/2006 European Respiratory Specialists Differ on Internet CME Preferences

10/22/2006 What's Happening in European CME Accreditation?

03/28/2006 The French CME System is Finally Underway

03/28/2006 CME in Spain and Italy Revisited

03/28/2006 What Will Europe's GPs Do to Get CME Credits?

03/28/2006 Is CME Becoming International? A Viewpoint From Europe

2005 News


11/05/2005 AMA New Policy Change

11/05/2005 CME Now Required in Lithuania

11/05/2005 Research and Development Resource Base (RDRB) Information and Survey Results

05/20/2005 Brazil Starting Mandatory CME for Specialists

05/20/2005 Netherlands Finalizes its Mandatory CME

03/22/2005 Brazil: Emphasis on Family Health

02/15/2005 CME and CME Accreditation in 5 Major European Countries

01/21/2005 Spreading the Word: CME - Home and Abroad; Telehealth Connections

2004 News


12/17/2004 Canadians Tightening CME Standards

11/20/2004 European GPs Push for Improved Quality

11/20/2004 Netherlands Moves to Uniform CME Accreditation

10/20/2004 

WMA Issues New Guidelines Relationships Between Physicians and Commercial Enterprises

10/19/2004 

ACCME Formally Approves Updated Standards for Commercial Support, Provides Guidance to U.S. CME Providers

10/01/2004 E-CME Continues to Build Around the World

10/01/2004 Mandatory CME Is on Slow Track in France

10/01/2004 Thailand: CME Required for Relicensure

09/01/2004 Malta's CME System - With No Distance Learning!

08/01/2004 How Doctors Want to Learn - But Do They Learn?

08/01/2004 Progress Toward Harmonizing Medical Education in Europe

08/01/2004 Family Physicians Now Have an International CME Certificate

08/01/2004 The Global Pharma Picture: The Good and the Bad

07/10/2004 e-CME Use Increases, But Physicians Still Prefer Other Methods

06/01/2004 Germany Mandates CME for Ambulatory Care MDs

06/01/2004 Congress 2004: Will CME Change Direction in US?

06/01/2004 Opportunities for Medicare-Related CME

06/01/2004 Speedy Turnaround in Latin America

05/01/2004 New ACCME Standards: Will They Benefit Doctors?

05/01/2004 How Complex is the European Accreditation System? Very!

05/01/2004 Largest Ever CME for GPs in Mexico

05/01/2004 Mandatory CME in France on the Way -- Slowly

2003 News

06/02/2003 BMJ Focuses on Doctors and the Drug Industry

03/15/2003 AMA CME/CPPD Pilot Projects Underway

03/03/2003 France Exploring Issues of Professional Competence

01/23/2003 New IT Network Will Serve All UK physicians

01/23/2003 Will Global CME Follow Global Pharma?

2002 News

09/29/2002 DTC on the Agenda Again for the EU Parliament?

09/05/2002 New Technology Boosts Learning, Says Doctors Leader

08/13/2002 Opportunities and Constraints in the European Market

07/15/2002 Canadians Ready for Major Health-Care Change

07/15/2002 DTC Growing in Acceptance

06/27/2002 The Epidemiology of Physician Learning

06/27/2002 GP Learning Styles and Risk-Taking Propensities

06/27/2002 Do Personal Education Plans Help in CPD?

06/25/2002 Is Self-Regulation of Promotion in the UK Pharmaceutical Industry Working?

06/11/2002 New UK Direction for Delivering Patient Care: Clinical Networks

05/28/2002 Will European CME Bypass National Accrediting Bodies?

05/28/2002 ACCME Approves a CME-Internet Policy

05/21/2002 The Latest on Continuing Education in Germany

05/15/2002 American Board of Surgery Extends Competence/CME Requirements

04/19/2002 PhRMA Adopts New Marketing Code

04/17/2002 UK Nurses, Pharmacists to Prescribe for Chronic Diseases

04/16/2002 The Development of Telemedicine in the CME in Russia

03/27/2002 Off-Label Drug Information Still a Problem

03/27/2002 Physicians Open to E-Detailing

03/24/2002 Barcelona Med School Certifies Health Websites

03/22/2002 Framework for Establishing Substantial Equivalency

03/19/2002 Kaiser Permanente Physicians Prefer Traditional CME

03/13/2002 GAME Founder Honored for Lifetime Editorial Achievement


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