From the Clinical Knowledge Center

New APA President Alan Schatzberg, MD, shares his goals for the coming year

Everyone is talking about the relationship between individual physicians, continuing medical education in all therapeutic areas, and the pharmaceutical industry. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has attracted some particular attention with its decision to phase out industry-supported symposia from the annual meeting...

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Responses from Last Compass Questions™

In the 05.19.09 issue of Clinical Compass™, we asked four questions.

Question #1 was "Do you believe that fibromyalgia is a legitimate diagnostic syndrome?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
73.5% - Yes
9.9% - No
16.6% - Unsure

Question #2 was "How often do you include fibromyalgia in your differential diagnosis of patients with pain syndromes and/or severe fatigue?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
16.5% - Always
35.6% - Often
15.7% - Sometimes
18.3% - Rarely
13.9% - Never

Question #3 was "How confident are you in your ability to diagnose fibromyalgia?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
10.7% - Very confident
25.3% - Confident
30.7% - Somewhat confident
33.3% - Not confident

Question #4 was "How often do you initiate the integration of a multidisciplinary team into the treatment of your patients with fibromyalgia?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
15.1% - Always
30.1% - Often
20.5% - Sometimes
24.7% - Rarely
9.6% - Never

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neuroscienceCME Medical Simulation
Now Available!

Student Missing Classes: Habit, Medical Issue, or Sleep Disorder?

Patient Info Pete is a 20-year-old pre-law major at Harvard and a good student. He comes to your office with complaints of "not being able to get to sleep," difficulty waking up in the mornings, and being "tired."

Activity Goal
To identify and utilize evidence-based management strategies to improve outcomes for patients with delayed sleep phase syndrome.

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

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS).
• Evaluate the differential diagnosis of DSPS and possible treatments.
• Utilize effective, evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacological strategies to improve overall outcomes in patients with DSPS.

Credit Information
This activity offers CE credit for:

• Physicians (ACCME/AMA PRA Category 1)
• Nurses (CNE)
• Pharmacists (ACPE)

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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CME Outfitters Design Group Wins Design Award

CME Outfitters has been selected as a winner in the 2009 American Inhouse Design Awards, sponsored by The Creative Group. The competition presented by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has emerged as the premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse designers.

CMEO's winning print design entry (www.neuroscienceCME.com/ CC303DM) is a direct mail brochure for last year's "1st Annual Chairs in Psychiatry Summit – The Master Class in Psychiatric Professional Development", a two-and-a-half-day event that showcased over two dozen faculty chairs from the nation's leading psychiatry departments. Don't miss this year's direct mail brochure for the 2nd Annual Chairs in Psychiatry Summit (www.neuroscienceCME.com/CC342DM), which began appearing in mailboxes last week (see Live CME/CE at right for more information).

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