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Live Surgical Conference
Our thanks to Dr. Richard Moore and his team at Saint Alphonsus for demonstrating a perfect teaching tool. The technology demonstrated a new era for the use of live surgical procedures to be broadcast to a medical audience for educational purposes. The success of a total knee procedure raises the question and challenges as to what other procedures might fit in a one-hour format and be of interest to the primary care physicians. Please share your thoughts with us.
CME Leadership
The CME enterprise is in a funk about commercial funding and the potential for biased content. We're running scared, and it shows in our chaotic search for solutions.Consider a few recent proposals:
- Change CME program, department, or corporate structure to show that an accredited provider is legally separated from any other affiliated organization that receives funding from pharmaceutical manufacturers. (ACMEC already does this.)
- Eliminate the business development title for CME provider employees responsible for identifying educational gaps and seeking CME grant funding. (Done)
- Disqualify some education providers from receiving additional pharmaceutical grants, because there providers receive "too much" of their revenues from commercial interest grant funding already. (Done)
- Eliminate commission-based compensation for employees who seek grants for certified education. (Done)
- Scrap pharmaceutical CME grant funding altogether. (Down to 20% of Grand Rounds funded.)
All CME providers (university, hospital, medical education company, professional society, and state medical society) are in the education business. When the viability of a business depends on maintenance of accreditation, an organization can choose either to abide by the rules or go out of business. We chose to abide but not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Upcoming Conferences
May 16-17, 2008; IAFP 60th Annual Conference - Coeur d'Alene
August 8-10, 2008; IMA Annual Meeting - Sun Valley
September 11-12, 2008; SPAN Idaho's 8th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference - Caldwell (College of Idaho)
Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - Anderson Center
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. - Winter Room
Thursday, 12:30 p.m. - Indian Creek Room
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - McCleary Auditorium
St Luke's RMC
Tumor Board - Tuesday, 12:00 noon
Anderson Center - Ada -2; CHEERS (Children's Hospital Education Enrichment Review) - 1st, 2nd, 4th, Thursday, 8 a.m.
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Upcoming Events:
June 2008
July 2008
After flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet', which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
P: Auto pilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
P: Target radar hums.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
And the best one for last�
By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.
Anderson Center, St. Luke�s RMC, Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
Winter Room, Mercy Medical Center, Wednesday 12:30 p.m.
AW Horsley, VA Medical Center, Thursday 8:00 a.m.
Indian Creek Room, West Valley Medical Center, Thursday 12:30 p.m.
McCleary Auditorium, Saint Alphonsus RMC, Friday 8:00 a.m.
7 Gerald Reaven, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
14 Matthew Keifer, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
28 Michelle McGuire, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
7 Gerald Reaven, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
14 Matthew Keifer, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
28 Michelle McGuire, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
7 Gerald Reaven, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
14 Matthew Keifer, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
28 Michelle McGuire, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
2 James Louie, M.D. Professor of Medicine, University of California-LA, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA.
OTHER REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONFERENCES
Breast Tumor Board - Thursday, 7 a.m.
MSTI Pediatric Tumor Board - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 12 noon
Meridian Tumor Board - 1st , 2nd, 4th Wednesday 12 noon
Mercy Medical Center; Tumor Board - Tuesday, 12 noon
West Valley Medical Center; Tumor Board - Monday, 12:30 pm
Saint Alphonsus RMC; Tumor Board - Thursday, 12 noon, Breast Care Panel, Tuesday, 7:00 am
Amy Cooper, M.D.
May 13, 2008 - ACMS Physician Humanitarian Night, Grove Hotel, 6:30 P.M.
June 10, 2008 - ACMS High School Physicals, BSU Taco Bell Arena
August 8-10, 2008 - IMA Annual Meeting & Delegate Assembly, Sun Valley Resort ACMS delegates receive a $500 stipend. Contact the ACMS office at 336-2930 for details.
Please see Mohr's Musings
4&5 Update on HTN , Barry Stults, MD
6 Pain Management, John Nelson, MD
11 Medical Management of Breast Cancer Survivors, Angela DeMichele, MD
13 Pediatric Obesity, Tracy Morgan, MD
18 Alzheimer's Disease, Barry Cusack, MD
20 Critical Care Case Conference, Pulmonary Fellow
25 Food Borne Disease, Leslie Tengelson, DVM
Summer Schedule, No Conferences
In Dr. Mohr's absence, some humor:
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
S: Evidence removed.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
S: Suspect your right.
S: Engine found on right wing, after brief search.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.
7 Diabetes Management, Gerald Reaven, MD
14 Diagnosing & Managing the Pesticide Poisoned Patient , Matthew Keifer, MD
21 St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Grand Rounds, Depression & Drug Effects on Newborns, Larry Dewey, MD, Ron Coen, MD
28 Transfats, Shelly McGuire, PhD
7 Diabetes Management, Gerald Reaven, MD
14 Diagnosing & Managing the Pesticide Poisoned Patient , Matthew Keifer, MD
21 St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Grand Rounds, Depression & Drug Effects on Newborns, Larry Dewey, MD, Ron Coen, MD
28 Transfats, Shelly McGuire, PhD
1 Drug Interactions, Doug Paauw, MD
8 TBA
15 Topic TBA, Hugh Foy, MD
22 Vertebral Compression Injuries, Gannon Randolph, MD
29 Transfats, Shelly McGuire, PhD
1 Spider Bites, Sharon Carswell, MD
8 Diabetes Management, Gerald Reaven, MD
15 Diagnosing & Managing the Pesticide Poisoned Patient, Matthew Keifer, MD
22 Lifetime Radiation Dosing, Jeffrey Seabourn, MD
29 Transfats, Shelly McGuire, PhD
2 Best Care for Inflammatory Arthritis, James Louie, MD
9 Primary Dysmenorrhea, Birth Control & IUD's, Penny Fairies, MD
16 Spine Case Conference, Disc Replacement, Daniel Marsh, MD, Chris Zimmerman MD
23 Trauma Case Conference, Billy Morgan, MD
30 Critical Care Case Conference, Pulmonary Fellow
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