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Sleep to Prevent the Common Cold

A recent study suggests that sleep quality is an important predictor of susceptibility to the common cold. The study examined whether decreased sleep duration and efficiency in the weeks prior to exposure increased susceptibility to the cold virus...

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Compass Questions™

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Responses from Last Compass Questions™

In the 01.13.09 issue of Clinical Compass™, we asked three questions.

Question #1 was "Are you familiar with measurement-based care in psychiatry?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
62.7% - Yes
37.3% - No

Question #2 was "How often do you use standardized, quantitative assessments in your patients with depression?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
9.2% - Always
23.3% - Often
29.2% - Sometimes
20.8% - Rarely
17.5% - Never

Question #3 was "What do you think is the biggest barrier to using measurement-based care in your practice?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
37.5% - Time
25.8% - Training
15.8% - Not convinced it is necessary
5.9% - Compensation
15.0% - Other

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New neuroscienceCME Webcast
Premieres February 23, 2009!

Depression Management in Healthcare Systems: A Team Approach to Care

Premiere Date: Monday, February 23, 2009
Premiere Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET

Premiere webcast offers a LIVE Q&A segment where participants will have a chance to submit questions directly to the faculty via the phone or web.

Activity Goal
To identify system-, provider-, and patient-related barriers to coordinated care for patients with depression, and to provide mental healthcare practitioners with strategies drawn from the evidence base and guidelines for developing team-based care to improve outcomes for this patient population.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:

• Improve awareness and response to healthcare systems-related barriers to recognition, screening, and coordinated care for patients with depression.
• Integrate a team care approach into practice in order to facilitate involvement of and communication between clinical stakeholders, patients, and their families.
• Increase utilization of established clinical guidelines for primary care treatment of depression.

Credit Information
This activity offers CE credit for:

• Physicians (ACCME/AMA PRA Category 1)
• Nurses (CNE)
• Pharmacists (ACPE)
• Psychologists (APA)
• Social Workers (NASW)
• Certified Case Managers (CCMC)

All other clinicians will either receive a CME Attendance Certificate or may choose any of the types of CE credit being offered.

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"Communities of Practice" Clinician Resources Now Available

It is a goal of CME Outfitters to establish neuroscienceCME.com as a resource for the neuroscience community and serve as a point of sharing by developing a neuroscienceCME Community of Practice. CME Outfitters is committed to providing a community for sharing practice improvements, to develop and share knowledge and build expertise, and to provide tools and strategies that support future learning for all involved.

Available for download are clinical rating scales and slides that can be used to teach and to share with colleagues as clinicians serve in a mentoring role in their communities. Many other resources are available exclusively at neuroscienceCME.com, including Clinical Knowledge Centers that feature in-depth content in a variety of topics, case-based educational formats such as case vignettes and more robust neuroscienceCME Medical Simulations, clinical abstracts and literature reviews, practice guidelines, as well as links to clinical trials and numerous online resources. As the neuroscienceCME Community of Practice grows, more resources and opportunities for sharing will be added.

To visit the neuroscienceCME Community of Practice, go to www.neuroscienceCME.com and click on the Communities of Practice tab at the top of the page.

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CME Outfitters Executives Achieve CCMEP Certification

CME Outfitters is proud to announce that Sharon Tordoff, Managing Partner; Jan Perez, Managing Partner; and Richard Vanderpool, Director of Accreditation have successfully tested for and received the Certified Continuing Medical Education Professional (CCMEP) credential awarded by the National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals, Inc. (NC-CME).

The exam tests for competency in understanding principles of adult learning and professional development, effectively framing clinical content for maximum impact, and the ability to wisely interpret the rules and regulations that define the field.

For additional information on NC-CME and the CCMEP credential, including an online registry of Certified CME Professionals, visit www.nc-cme.org.

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