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New Years’ Resolution Item #3:
“Make Headway on MOC Requirements”

Whether it’s in a brown, stitched-leather Franklin Covey planner with a nice Mont Blanc fountain pen or stored on a newfangled iPhone, it still exists—that trusty list of resolutions for the new year. Call it what you’d like, each year the reflective beings among us give some thought to the accomplishments of years past and set goals for the challenges ahead. This year, after your #1 and #2 resolution (generally reserved for health and pursuit of happiness concerns), the editorial team at neuroscienceCME encourages you to consider work on your Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements a high priority. Tips in the article will help…

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Compass Questions™

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Responses from Last Compass Questions™

In the 12.15.09 issue of Clinical Compass™, we asked four questions.

Question #1 was "Before reading this article, how aware were you of the 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) aims for improvement of patient care?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
13.6% - Extremely aware
24.3% - Very aware
33.3% - Somewhat aware
28.8% - Not at all aware

Question #2 was "Before reading this article, how aware were you of the 2009 JCAHO national patient safety goals?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
17.9% - Extremely aware
19.4% - Very aware
37.3% - Somewhat aware
25.0% - Not at all aware

Question #3 was "Before reading this article, how aware were you of the recent JCAHO 'Sentinel Event Alert' regarding the 'zero-defect' approach to medical errors?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
12.1% - Extremely aware
16.7% - Very aware
33.3% - Somewhat aware
37.9% - Not at all aware

Question #4 was "How interested are you in educational activities that focus on medical errors and the improvement of patient safety?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
43.3% - Extremely interested
35.8% - Very interested
17.9% - Somewhat interested
3.0% - Not at all interested

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