STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education will provide point-of-care Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit to users of MD Consult and First Consult. Users of First Consult and MD Consult will earn Point-Of-Care CME Credit as they perform searches and access relevant content to answer patient care questions. First Consult provides instant access to information on evaluation, diagnosis, clinical management, prognosis and prevention. MD Consult, a clinical reference tool, is utilised by more than 2000 healthcare organisations and 95 percent of all medical schools in the US.
After performing a search and finding the answer in MD Consult’s breadth of clinical content, physicians can then click on ‘Request CME’ and complete a short form from the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education. The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is accredited at the highest level (with commendation) by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. By submitting the short form, physicians can earn 0.5 American Medical Association PRA (Physician’s Recognition Award) Category 1 Credit(s) for each search conducted through MD Consult and First Consult.
It has been observed that physicians are turning increasingly to the Internet for clinical information. According to a November 2009 survey commissioned by Google, 86 percent of US physicians now use the Internet to gather health, medical or prescription drug information. A 2009 Manhattan Research survey put the number at 89 percent, and one-third of physicians have claimed that they changed a patient’s treatment as the result of an Internet search. Instead of relying on the unproven information available widely on the Internet, Elsevier sees physicians gravitating more to the evidence-based clinical content provided by online tools such as MD Consult and First Consult.
MD Consult delivers instant access to full-text articles from more than 80 medical journals and Clinics, 50 medical references across a range of specialties, clinically relevant drug information, and more than 10,000 patient handouts in English and Spanish. First Consult offers an online database on patient evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, tests and prevention, interactive access to potential diagnoses and video and animated guidance on common medical procedures.
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