The Beneficial Effects of the 100-Year-Old BCG Vaccine in Type 1 Diabetes - 2018 Annual Oration

2/20/2019

4294982790 BCG is a live attenuated bacterial vaccine that contains the avirulent tuberculosis strain Mycobacterium bovis.  BCG has historically been given to protect against tuberculosis and, since its introduction in 1921, has been the most widely administered vaccine in the history of medicine.  BCG is consid

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Gov. Baker wins prestigious AMA award; Network with colleagues at upcoming events

2/15/2019

 May 2-4 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston. The MMS hotel deadline is Friday, March … opioid deaths fell for a second straight year in 2018, a promising sign that initiatives put in place may …

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Episode 20: MedPEP Season Finale

2/13/2019

4294982762 Course Overview This is the 20th and final episode of the first season of MedPEP. Along with the first and eighth episodes, this is one of three episodes in which Marie and Les engage in a two-way conversation without a guest expert. Their two-way exchanges, relative to the more didactic three-way

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Episode 19: Career Development

2/12/2019

4294982747 Course Overview At the beginning of this episode, Marie acknowledges to Les that she is continuing to mull over Dr. Green’s paradoxical suggestion (episode 18) that one way to overcome a sense of powerlessness is to embrace it. In today’s discussion with Dr. Liebschutz, they consider the possibilit

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Episode 18: Managing Unrealistic Expectations

2/11/2019

4294982738 Course Overview Every practicing physician has had the experience of feeling powerless in the face of patient expectations that come across as overblown or unrealistic. Addiction psychiatrist Mark Green, MD, shares with Drs. Curious and Schwab that an effective strategy for managing such expectatio

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Physician burnout continues to gain attention; MassHealth requirements update

2/8/2019

is scheduled to take place May 2-4 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston. The MMS hotel …

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Cvent Flyer

2/6/2019

, you may reset it using the “forgot password” link. After you log in, the registration form …

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DO NOT USE What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

2/5/2019

Requirements Policies   General Information If you need to stop in the middle of a course, you may return …). Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 1.00 Category 1 credit for completing this activity. NCCPA …

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A-18 Final House Votes

2/5/2019

as Amended Legislation xx 6 Opioid Crisis May Be Ameliorated by Decriminalization … that establish a civil-court mediated 25 due process by which access to and purchase of firearms may … (that establish a civil-court mediated due process by which access 31 to and purchase of firearms may …

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Episode 17: Looking for Relief in the Wrong Places

2/5/2019

4294982718 Course Overview Dr. Steve Adelman, founder of MedPEP and director of the physician health program in Massachusetts, has a frank discussion with Marie and Les about physicians’ use of addictive substances like alcohol and marijuana. In this era of stress, burnout, and medical “battle fatigue,” docto

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