In an editorial (Academic Medicine, Dec. 2007), Michael Whitcomb, MD, called producing a capable physician workforce "the most important challenge facing academic medicine."

Daniel Carlat, MD, vowed pro-bono visits to doctor's offices as a way to repay $30,000 he earned from paid lecturing.

Melissa Warner has assumed the role of SVP and general manager of CME LLC.

During an MM&M webcast, Pfizer's Bob Kristofco, MSW, said pharma "continues to have an expectation for more outcomes-oriented CME," and that he expects grants from public and private sources will "begin to assess the current climate for [CPD]."

Sermo launched its HotSpots feature, which contextually links to learning opportunities based on discussions taking place in the online physician community.

The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform provoked industry exponents last month by leaking FDA draft guidance on off-label journal reprints.

Do physicians need a CNN for CME? Some vendors think so and are implementing real-time educational offerings.

Funders of continuing medical education are becoming increasingly critical of satellite symposia.

Market research departments of a number of life science companies incorporate analytics functions, either partially or fully, a study shows.

As pharma begins incorporating Web 2.0 tools in their marketing, many are unsure how to assess them.