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OCTOBER 22, 2023

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

The historical events depicted in the Academy Award–winning film Oppenheimer are no longer just history; at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, for the first time in decades, the United States has resumed building plutonium cores.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 6, 2023

Researchers from the University of Calgary, the Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration (ICDC), and social impact creative agency Emergence Creative are announcing dramatic results that demonstrate a significant improvement in cardiovascular outcomes among patients who received access to a novel educational and support intervention called MOXIE. (..)

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay : On Friday May 17 th , Vicki Hayes MD ( MAFP member and Faculty, MMC Dept of Medical Education, and Tufts FMIG Medical Advisor ) and Shelly Chipman RN conducted another Doc4aDay program for high school students at the Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation and Simulation.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 4, 2023

Major weather events such as last month's 6.4 magnitude California earthquake, tornados in Louisiana, and a "once-in-a-generation" multi-state winter storm caused major damage to homes across the US and disrupted daily lives.

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CDOCS

APRIL 27, 2021

<p><span style="font-size:14px">For the first time ever, CDOCS is gathering its entire community for three hours of engaging clinical education, live engagement with some of the best minds in dentistry and special access to incredible offers.&

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Use My Green Doctor’s Free Patient Education Resources Download and display environmental health brochures in your waiting room. Need help planning an event? from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old.

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CDOCS

JULY 14, 2021

</strong></span></p> <p>Dental professionals from all across the world gather for this must-attend event to experience engaging speakers, informative continuing education sessions and innovative technologies. It is a true celebration of dentistry.</p>

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

What started as a day has — due to its popularity and the persistent efforts of patients and industry — evolved into a week-long event. And my support and pride continue since we now see a host of programs and events the last week of February playing out around the world.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 18, 2023

Commotio cordis is an extremely rare and highly unusual cardiac event, yet it is vitally important for everyone to be aware of and recognize how to take action quickly in any type of cardiac emergency. These are the only ways to save someone's life after commotio cordis or cardiac arrest.

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CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

& We participate within our dental community in educational meetings and events, which builds our trust in the specialist. Nelson further explains, &ldquo;I believe a key component to success for case acceptance is providing education to my staff and the offices I work with. & Bankrate.com.

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CDOCS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What an incredible three days of education, community and fun in& Las& Vegas.</p> </p> <p>Remember, annual admission to this event comes included as part of our Mentor membership. .</p> </p> <p>[image:IMG_2984.jpg]</p> jpg]</p> <p>[image:IMG_2976.jpg]</p>

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CDOCS

JUNE 25, 2021

<p>This event was hosted in the past.& & </p> <p>& </p> <p>[image:Event_Image.jpg]</p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Join CDOCS VP of Education, Dr. Sameer Puri on July 23rd as he hosts <a href="[link] Vantage Point</a>!

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Sound Physicians

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It is, by design, built into the ways we educate, train, and support our clinical leadership. This event, which is offered nationally, brings a cohort of medical directors together for in-person training that reinforces the owner’s mentality we want each of our medical directors to have when leading their local p ractice.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The second piece is getting folks to be successful at restricting their calories, which works well when nutrition education and behavioral counseling strategies are combined—and even better when provided in a group setting.

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Faithful MD

JULY 28, 2021

This is a brief post to share a few updates, links to recent articles, and upcoming events. First, Gratitude! Earlier this year, I was one of five family physicians chosen to join the multi-specialty national WEL Alliance.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

use in education, construction, art, and jewelry). FDA is seeking feedback on the challenges that a manufacturer of a 3D-printing system may face in being responsible for FDA regulatory requirements for devices that are 3D-printed by independent healthcare facilities, including with respect to adverse event reporting.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

The event, titled “New and Improved – AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions v5.0,” aims to educate pharmaceutical manufacturers and other healthcare stakeholders on the latest updates and best practices in dossier development. will delve into the specifics of the new and improved Format v5.0.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2022

By Riëtte van Laack — On June 14, 2022, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to pass the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act ( S.4348). While FDASLA focuses on user fees and includes several other provisions regarding drugs and devices, it also includes provisions related to cosmetics.

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ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Chrostowski, DNP, APR-N, ANP-C , asked whether ABIM will offer continuing medical education (CME) credits through the LKA. Thousands of activities are eligible for both MOC and CME via a collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education at cmepassport.org.

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Plum Health

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are some of the key findings: A wildfire event can cause feelings of confusion, anger, fear, and loss, all of which can have long-term impacts on the people and communities that experience them. From that data, the UN Environmental Programme released a compelling report.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

PhRMA has updated its guidance regarding speaker programs through the following additions to the Code: The purpose of a speaker program should be to present substantive educational information to address a bona fide educational need, and only those with a bona fide educational need for the information should be invited (i.e.,

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CDOCS

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

important; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:18px">Join Dr. Sameer Puri, CDOCS VP of Education, on December 3rd as he hosts& <strong style="text-size-adjust:100%">The Vantage Point II</strong>!</span></p>

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. Wong AH, Ray JM, Eixenberger C, Crispino LJ, Parker JB, Rosenberg A, Robinson L, McVaney C, Iennaco JD, Bernstein SL, Yonkers KA, Pavlo AJ. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Housing Aside from educational debt, housing is commonly the largest expense we will make in our lives. Passive lifestyle creep is rarely the result of one single purchase (aside from maybe a new home or car) but the slow accumulation of many and many serial purchases that often transition from rare events to habitual expenses.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. We just want to educate the patients.

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Plum Health

AUGUST 20, 2023

It also discusses cultural events, the best coffee shops to study, the best parks to relax and unwind, and the best restaurants for a student budget and for when parents or loved ones come to town for a special occasion.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

use in education, construction, art, and jewelry). FDA is seeking feedback on the challenges that a manufacturer of a 3D-printing system may face in being responsible for FDA regulatory requirements for devices that are 3D-printed by independent healthcare facilities, including with respect to adverse event reporting.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The Specialty Board discussed strategies for recruiting Item-Writers and broader engagement with the geriatric medicine community and will work with ABIM staff to explore possibilities for in-person events or engagements at upcoming society national meetings in 2026 and 2027.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued? Diversification works to smooth out risk events in a portfolio so that the gains in some investments help to combat the losses from others. We simply cannot. Do not worry.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Ab: I learn from them, and I tell sometimes the family members that the person with dementia, your loved one, is fine and you are replaying the event that happened a week ago and you’ve replayed that event 100 times and that’s causing a distress.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

After a lab submits an MDR, FDA said that laboratories should save the electronic “Acknowledgement 3” (Ack3) generated after submitting an MDR in the MDR event files. This callout is notable as FDA recently issued its first Warning Letter citing a manufacturer for failing to save these electronic acknowledgements in MDR event files.

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Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

We wish to thank everyone who provided feedback on our 2024 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement. We carefully review all feedback to make adjustments and changes for future conferences.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

I know we go back quite a ways and that this is a very important topic for all of us to really to talk about and to be educated about. Khang Nguyen (01:45): Thank you so much, Chris. It’s such a pleasure to speak to you again. So I really appreciate all of the leadership that you provide within KP, but also externally.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

And there’s multiple survival analyses looking at incident dementia, and hearing loss is strong, independently associated with the time to event dementia. Nick: More than obesity, more than education, that’s the one that people pay attention to. I think the one that gets all the attention is the dementia part.

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CDOCS

MAY 4, 2021

Being able to communicate our patient's problems in the third dimension always breaks down barriers to case acceptance as the information gleaned via a CT scan is invaluable for both planning and educating the patient. The Atlantis lab always includes an insertion jig with these kinds of abutments to make the insertion visit a non-event.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

But I think people would have an embolic event if you gave them a flipping range. I think we are obliged, and speaking as a clinician educator here. Delighted to be here. So, it’s exactly what I have in the chart. I see you inhaling, let me finish. So, I was not fond of doing the range idea. I feel very sincerely about that.

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