Resource Center
Pfizer is pleased to offer these pages as a resource to organizations engaged in providing continuing professional development to health care providers.
Resource Center
Pfizer's office of Independent Grants for Learning & Change (IGL&C), formerly Medical Education Group (MEG), hosts a series of webinars aimed at maintaining an open and transparent dialog about independent medical education, healthcare quality improvement, adult learning, grantsmanship, and evaluation. For your reference, presentations are posted below shortly after the webinar occurs.
The next webinar will take place on Wednesday, August 7 at 2pm EDT. Please click here to register.
| Webinar | Date | Slides | With Audio |
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| #25: Healthcare 20/20: Learning Forward | April 15, 2013 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #24: 2012 Update-MEG Request for Proposal Strategies | December 5, 2012 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #23: 2012 Update-MEG Request for Proposal Strategies | September 19, 2012 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #22: Quality Improvement: Lessons from Practice | June 20, 2012 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #21: An Update on Track 2: Annual Meetings | Mar 21, 2012 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #20: 2012 and Beyond: Pfizer's Support of CME, CPD and Quality Improvement | Dec 2, 2011 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #19: Cease Smoking Today (CS2Day) Data Capture | Nov 4, 2011 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #18: Using the Architecture of CPD to Build the Patient-Centered Medical Home / What is the Role of CME in Patient Centered Care? | Oct 7, 2011 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #17: The Value Proposition of CME | Sep 9, 2011 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #16: Considerations for Health Systems and PI-CME / Using Small Groups and PI-CME at Carle | Aug 5, 2011 | Slides only | Slides with audio |
| #15: Common Errors in Developing Educational Programs: CSI, Alignment, and the Three-Legged Stool | July 8, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #14: Review of Grant Request Scorecard | June 3, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #13: Satisfaction Survey Data & Sticky Education | May 6, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #12: Needs Assessment in Grant Making | Apr 1, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #11: Block Grants | Mar 4, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #10: Patient-Level Data | Feb 4, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #9: It's All About the Patients | Jan 7, 2011 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #8: Think Globally, Empower Locally: Crossing Borders to Improve Quality of Care | Dec 3, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #7: Pfizer MEG's 2011 Goals | Nov 5, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #6: Rational for Grant Denial & Best Practices from Northern Michigan | Oct 1, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #5: Exploring the Value of Social Media for CME Professionals | Sep 10, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #4: CGA Updates & Planning for and Assessing the Impact of Learning Activities | Aug 6, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #3: Recent Communications & Scorecard Criteria | Jul 9, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #2: Overview of MEG Windows 1 and 2 & Anatomy of a Funded Request | Jun 4, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
| #1: The MEG 2-Step & Mitigating Bias in CME | May 7, 2010 | Slides only | No longer available |
These publications are examples of studies conducted by health care organizations that examine the continuing education needs of health care professionals. Pfizer's only role in these projects has been to provide educational grant support. All studies are completely independent and were conducted without any influence or involvement of Pfizer colleagues.
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Adherence
Supported by a grant to IPMA
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association. (2008). Just What the Doctor Ordered: Patient Adherence. Retrieved from:
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Cardiovascular Risk
Supported by a grant to the American Heart Association
Doroodchi H, Abdolrasulnia M, Foster JA, et al. (2008). Knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians in the management of patients at risk for cardiovascular events. BMC Fam Pract;9(1):42.Supported by a grant to Duke University
Arepally G, Bauer KA, Bhatt DL, et al. (2010). The use of antithrombotic therapies in the prevention and treatment of arterial and venous thrombosis: a survey of current knowledge and practice supporting the need for clinical education. Crit Pathways Cardiol.;9:41-48. -
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Supported by a grant to the COPD Foundation
Foster JA, Yawn BP, Abdolrasulnia M, Jenkins T, Rennard SI, Casebeer LL. (2007). Enhancing COPD Management in Primary Care Settings. Medscape General Medicine;9(3):24. -
Overactive Bladder
Supported by a grant to the International Urogynecological Association
IUGA. (2009). IUGA roundtable on sexual dysfunction in women. 20(Suppl 1):1-71.Supported by a grant to the University of Cincinnati
Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association. (2008). Overactive Bladder: An Integrated Needs Assessment. Retrieved from:
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Type 2 Diabetes
Supported by a grant to Joslin
Beaser R, Brown J, Okeke E, Neighbours J. (2010). Coordinated primary and specialty care for type 2 diabetes: guidelines and systems.
These publications refer to educational methodology and results related to grants supported by Pfizer. Pfizer's only role in these projects has been to provide educational grant support. All studies are completely independent and were conducted without any influence or involvement of Pfizer colleagues.
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COPD
Supported by a grant to Natinal Jewish Health.
Make B, Friedlander A, Lundstrom N. (2010). Assessing the effectiveness of "making the right diangosis: the need for spirometry." J Contin Educ Health Prof.;30(1):72-73.Supported by a grant to the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians.
Murray S, Cytryn KN, Barrett TJ, Meinzer RL. (2010). Outcomes Evaluation of a Skill-Based Workshop Targeting the Use of Spirometry in Chronic Obstructive. CE Measures. 4(3).Supported by a grant to the American Thoracic Society.
Le T, Makleff R, Beck JM. (2010). Efficacy of ATS Postgraduate Courses. ATS 2010 Annual Meeting. Poster Board #G15. -
Menopause
Supported by a grant to University of Wisconsin.
Shershneva MB, Wang M, Lindeman GC, Savoy JN, Olson CA. (2010). Commitment to Practice Change: an evaluator's perspective. Eval Health Prof. 0(0):1-20. -
Cardiovascular Risk
Supported by a grant to American Heart Association.
Foster JA, Salinas GD, Sanchez A, Casebeer L, Yancy CW. (2010). Cultural competency to reduce stroke disparities - a patient perspective. American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease [abstract]. 6.Supported by a grant to the University of Pennsylvania.
Kostic M, Raichle L, Hayes S, Murray S. (2011) Optimizing primary care provider-patient communication to increase patient adherence. Alliance for Continuing Medical Education [abstract F33].Supported by a grant to the American College of Cardiology.
Green J, Hall LL, Bowman C, Mitchel K. (2010) Partners for improved patient care: practical strategies linking education and quality improvement. Alliance for Continuing Medical Education [abstract]. 126. -
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Supported by a grant to the Chatham Institute.
Bingham CO, Costenbader KH, Bender S, Duch D, Weinblatt ME. (2010). Educating primary care providers on rheuamotid arthritis translates to changes in practice and referrals: results from the RAPID Continuing Medical Education Program. The American College of Rheumatology. [abstract].Supported by a grant to Peer-Point Medical Education Institute.
Bird GC, Scotti J, Kennison R. (2010). Improving Primary Care Management of Joint Pain through a PI/QI-CME Approach. CE Meas. 4:60-67. -
Smoking Cessation
Supported by a grant to The California Academy of Family Physicians.
Shershneva MB, Harper PL, Elsinger LM, Olson CA. (2010). Facilitating multiorganizational smoking cessation knowledge translation through on-line toolkit for educators and clinicians. J Contin Educ Health Prof.;30(2):149-150. -
Fibromyalgia
Supported by a grant to University of North Texas Health Sciences Center.
Hayes SM, Cytryn KN, McFadden PM, Crim A, Murray S. (2010). Fibromyalgia in primary care: can an online CME program change clinical practice? PAINWeek 2010 [abstract].
Useful publications related to the effectiveness and advancement of medical education.
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The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters
Steven H. Woolf, JAMA. 2008;299 (2):211-213 - Report of the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) Task Force on Industry Funding of Medical Education to the AAMC Executive Council, June 2008
- Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning Proceedings of the Conference Chaired by Suzanne W. Fletcher, M.D., M.Sc. Published by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2008
- Continuing Medical Education: AMEE Education Guide No 35 Nancy Davis, David Davis, Ralph Block January 1, 2008
- Moore, D. E, et. al Achieving desired results and improved outcomes: Integrating planning and assessment throughout learning activities, J Contin Educ Health Prof 2009; 29(1):1-15
Training resources and references for CME professional staff and faculty.
- ACME training, tips & tools! - Offering a broad array of CME topics including a webinar series that delivers the "best of" sessions from the Alliance for CME's Annual Conference
- National Faculty Training Initiative developed by the Alliance for CME and the Society for Academic CME
- National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration Get the Facts! Campaign: A Call to Action
- ACCME Essential Areas and Elements, Updated 2006 Criteria, and Standards for Commercial Support (PDF)
- The Continuing Professional Development of Physicians: From Research to Practice by David A. Davis, Barbara E. Barnes, and Robert D. Fox (Hardcover - May 2003)
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The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
JCEHP is the journal of The Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education and The Council on CME, Association for Hospital Medical Education.
