Compass Points™

The 6th Annual Chair Summit Network: An Educational Connectome

by Robert S. Kennedy, MA

CME Outfitters' Chair Summit is an interactive three-day conference that offers clinicians the opportunity to address educational needs and practice challenges by learning from the nations leading experts in neurology and psychiatry. Unique to this year's Chair Summit, CMEO has developed this Compass Points article which offers you a glimpse into the meeting and highlights some of the hot topics that were discussed such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, DSM-5, pain, Alzheimer's disease, and much more. Enjoy!

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Live Webstream from the Symposium at the NANS 17th Annual Meeting

Translating Algorithms to Clinical Practice in the Management of Patients With Chronic Pain: Focus on Intrathecal Delivery

Premiere Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013
Live Webcast: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET

Please join us online via live web stream for this 1-hour interactive event that will provide you with valuable insights, algorithms, and strategies for selecting patients who may be candidates for IT pain management. As an online attendee, you will have the opportunity to view this streaming video and accompanying slides, submit real-time questions to the experts, participate in a live #PainMgmt Twitter conversation, and redeem your CME/CE certificate immediately after the presentation.

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New Medical Simulation: Participate Online Anytime!

Clinical Decision-Making in Action: 28-year-old Woman with History of Headache and Recent-Onset Fatigue

This online platform offers a safe learning environment where your choices determine your path and outcome. Expert David Rye, MD, PhD mentors you by providing content-specific commentary on your choices and helps guide you to the correct diagnosis and optimal treatment plan.

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CME Outfitters Virtual Learning Environment

How Much Do You Really Know About Treating HBV?

Check out HBV Challenge - a virtual jeopardy game that tests your HBV knowledge, and shows you how you stack up against your peers. HBV Challenge is a part of CMEO vWorld™ - the virtual resource that can strengthen your confidence in managing patients with hepatitis B. We guarantee you will enjoy it … and you will take away some clinical pearls for treating your patients with HBV.

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Responses from Last
Compass Questions™

In the 10.29.13 issue of Clinical Compass™, we asked six questions.

Question #1 was "Before reading this article and /or listening to the interview, rate your knowledge of clinician involvement in social media." and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
2.7% - Extremely knowledgeable
8.1% - Very knowledgeable
16.2% - Moderately knowledgeable
37.8% - Somewhat knowledgeable
35.1% - Not at all knowledgeable

Question #2 was "Before reading this article and/or listening to the interview, have you ever performed an online search of your own name (i.e., "Googled yourself:) to see what comments patients may have posted about you on social media site (e.g., healthgrades.com or vitals.com)?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
16.2% - I have done this and was surprised at what I found
37.8% - I have done this and found no patient comments
21.6% - I have thought about doing this, but have not done so yet
24.3% - I have not thought about doing this

Question #3 was "Please respond to the following scenario about clinician–clinician engagement.

In this scenario, you are a psychiatrist. Mr. Thomas, a 38-year-old man with a 7-year history of moderately severe major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, returns for a consultation about medication management to help with unresolved symptoms and a new tremor in his non-dominant hand.

Consider your interactions in discussing cases with other clinicians over the last year, and choose the NUMBER of those clinicians whom you would be most likely to actually speak with over the next few weeks about revising Mr. Thomas's treatment regimen to manage his unresolved and new symptoms: his primary care clinician, a nurse practitioner, a clinical psychologist, a neurologist, another psychiatrist or a clinician not listed here. I would likely speak to ____ number of other clinicians" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
8.1% - Zero (0)
24.3% - 1
59.5% - 2 - 3
2.7% - 4 - 5
5.4% - All 6

Question #4 was "Has reading this article improved your knowledge of the ways in which clinicians are involved in social media?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
6.3% - Extremely
37.5% - Very much
25.0% - Somewhat
31.3% - Slightly
0.0% - Not at all

Question #5 was "Now that you have read this article, will you periodically perform an online search of your own name (i.e., "Google yourself") to keep track of any comments that your patients may have posted?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
25.0% - Definitely
75.0% - Probably
0.0% - Maybe
0.0% - Probably not
0.0% - No

Question #6 was "From a clinical professional standpoint, in what ways do you plan to engage in social media during the next 12 months?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
25.0% - I do not plan to engage in social media as a clinical profession at all
37.5% - I will "Google myself" periodically to track ratings and comments made by patients
25.0% - I will follow Twitter chats (i.e., be an active listener) about relevant clinical and professional topics
12.5% - I will post Tweets on Twitter (i.e., supply content) on relevant clinical and professional topics
0.0% - I will create and launch my own professional blog

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