Doctor launches revolutionary continuing education program

Doctor launches revolutionary continuing education program not funded by Big Pharma

In order to keep their medical licenses, doctors are required to participate in periodic continuing education programs to stay abreast of current medical knowledge. But most of these programs are funded by pharmaceutical companies, which means the curriculum is often little more than disguised marketing for drugs and medical devices. So Dr. Martin Samuels, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School, has decided to launch a new continuing medical education (CME) company that receives no funding from drug companies.

After recently being invited to yet another drug company-funded conference at a fancy steakhouse, Dr .Samuels decided that enough was enough. He told reporters at The Boston Globe that the class--and other classes like it--are "subtle marketing" rather than actual education, and that he would not be attending it. Read more...

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