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Web-cast Will Help Doctors and Their Patients “Just Say No” to Antibiotics for Colds and Flu
The Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction Coalition (MARR) and Wayne State University School of Medicine are joining forces to host a new CME-accredited web-cast on Tuesday October 6, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to promote appropriate management of upper respiratory infections. The program will be accessible for registration from the MARR website at www.reducemisuse.org and the Wayne State University website at www.med.wayne.edu/cme in early September and will be available for access for one year.

FREE Online E-Prescribing CME
The Massachusetts Medical Society will provide continuing education for selected presentations from October’s National E-Prescribing Conference through an online education portal. Available credits are a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (22.5 AOA Category 2A CME credits). To view or listen to the presentations, and complete an online test on each segment, click here.

Tobacco Treatment Training
The Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Smoke-Free Hospitals, and The Michigan Hospital Association are offering one-hour webinars on Tobacco Treatment Training. Download a flyer here.

Online CME Opportunities With American Physicians
If you’re insured with American Physicians, you can earn CME credit anytime, anywhere. Seminars presented by the company’s risk management experts are available online, free of charge to policyholders and their office staff. Current offerings include:

Online Physician CME* Courses
—CSI: Case Study Investigation - Risk Exposures Identified
—What Makes A Case Defensible?
—Disclosing Unexpected Events
—Great Expectations

Online Office Staff Courses**
—Develop a Powerful Work Team the “Write” Way
—Learn to Take the Danger Out of Your Practice

For more information and course descriptions, visit American Physicians’ website and click on “On-Line CME Courses.”

*American Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Physician online courses qualify for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

**American Physicians will issue Certificates of Completion to office staff who complete an online course. Participants are encouraged to contact their professional organizations to determine if this will count toward meeting educational requirements for certification, recertification, or licensure.

American Physicians Assurance Corporation (American Physicians) is the exclusively preferred professional liability insurer of the Michigan Osteopathic Association.