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Use the ultimate reading and reference support system for instant storage and keyword retrieval of information essential to internists. Take advantage of a vast searchable electronic catalog of more than 1800 journal article reviews that grows with each new issue. Add your own information such as patient notes, scanned material, and text from other electronic programs - all automatically searchable.
In addition, each issue is supplemented with go-anywhere audio, where expert clinicians get to the essence of the articles and bring out indispensable nuggets needed to keep you on top of the latest in internal medicine.
HERE'S WHAT YOU GET WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION:
- Digitized original reviews - more than 1800 in all -- automatically stored for easy keyword search and retrieval with the software program that comes free with your first issue.
- Up to 30 articles per issue summarized and reviewed in convenient audio format, including brief commentaries with the respected Hopkins perspective.
- A new CD-ROM with every issue that includes up to 30 late-breaking reviews that load automatically into your database. Works with both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
- Key Reviews specially selected by the Administrative Editor & Course Director.
- Printed QuickFlash Review cards with take-home pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable desktop reference for instant recall by subject.
- Earn a maximum of 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine online or manually at no additional cost with your 12-issue subscription.
- Self-assessment quizzes to highlight key points and strengthen what you've learned.
- FREE access to CME Central, which features a number of online CME solutions, including a credit tracking system, instant access to certificates, admission to our internal medicine web site (an online source of endless information and valuable interaction), and much more!
Statement of Need: This activity was developed in 1984 in response to the Internal Medicine Specialists’ need to keep abreast of advances and new developments in Internal Medicine. Dr. Donald Deye, Medical Director, Oakstone Medical Publishing, and other practitioners surveyed the opinions of colleagues and practitioners and agreed on the following: (1) Internal Medicine specialists’ must maintain skills and competency; (2) The medical journals are a fertile source of new information, which however, is too diverse and voluminous to be effectively used by most busy clinicians, (3) Internal Medicine specialists’ need a timesaving way to more effectively use the peer-reviewed reports that appear in the journals, (4) The use of this audio is a practical source of education medicine.
Intended Audience: Internists and others interested in the diagnosis and treatment of internal medicine disorders.
Special Prerequisites for Participants: There are no prerequisites for participants.
Learning Objective: At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Explain evidence of the safety and efficacy of certain procedures.
- Evaluate where controversy exists, and -- with our distinguished editorial board of physicians – appraise the evidence and assess advantages and disadvantages of the methods in question.
- Discuss controversies, advantages and disadvantages of diagnostic and treatment plans.
- Integrate non-conventional principles and practices with conventional ones, while they select and employ the best of all available courses of treatment.
- Apply reviews of the latest basic science findings and predict the impact of these on clinical problems.
Accreditation Statement: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
Credit Designation Statement: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure: It is the policy of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the faculty and provider disclose real or apparent conflict of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the course handout materials.
Notice About Off-Label Use Presentations: In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, the audience is advised that one or more presentations in this continuing medical education activity may contain reference(s) to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. No faculty member has indicated that their presentation will include information on off-label products.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is committed to the free exchange of medical education. Inclusion of any presentation in the program, including presentations on off-label uses, does not imply an endorsement by Johns Hopkins of the uses, products, or techniques presented.
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