Compass Points™

Your Patients Are On Facebook and Twitter—Where Are You? Determining Where Social Media Fit in Your Practice

by Monique Johnson, MD, CCMEP and
Haley M. Hoffman

You spoke…we listened. Dr. Ryan Madanick's presentation on social media was one of the most buzzed about sessions at CMEO's 6th Annual Chair Summit this year. To continue the discussion surrounding physician use of social media, CMEO conducted an exclusive interview with Ryan Madanick, MD to get in-depth answers to some of your burning questions. This Compass Points™ article features the audio from the interview, as well as a full text transcription, and helpful resources. Enjoy!

And if you feel so inclined to take the social media plunge … please tweet us your feedback @cmeoutfitters using hashtag #SoMeCME

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We Want to Hear from You!

Take our Chair Summit outcomes survey, whether you attended Chair or not! We need answers from participants and nonparticipants!

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Live Webstream from the Symposium at the NANS 17th Annual Meeting

Translating Algorithms to Clinical Practice in the Management of Patients With Chronic Pain: Focus on Intrathecal Delivery

Premiere Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013
Live Webcast: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET

Please join us online via live web stream for this 1-hour interactive event that will provide you with valuable insights, algorithms, and strategies for selecting patients who may be candidates for IT pain management. As an online attendee, you will have the opportunity to view this streaming video and accompanying slides, submit real-time questions to the experts, participate in a live #PainMgmt Twitter conversation, and redeem your CME/CE certificate immediately after the presentation.

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Participate Online Anytime! 2 Module Webcast

Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Transplant Recipients

Module 1: Impact of Medication Nonadherence
Module 2: Strategies to Improve Medication Adherence

We encourage participants to complete both modules to optimize the learning experience and to gain valuable insights for improving medication adherence in transplant recipients.

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Participate Online Anytime! 3 Module Webcast

Strategies to Improve Adherence and Clinical Management of Overactive Bladder

Module 1: Prevalence and Impact on Quality of Life
Module 2: Treatment
Module 3: Medication Adherence

We encourage participants to complete all three modules to optimize the learning experience and to gain valuable insights for treating their patients with OAB.

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CME Outfitters Virtual Learning Environment

How Much Do You Really Know About Treating HBV?

Check out HBV Challenge - a virtual jeopardy game that tests your HBV knowledge, and shows you how you stack up against your peers. HBV Challenge is a part of CMEO vWorld™ - the virtual resource that can strengthen your confidence in managing patients with hepatitis B. We guarantee you will enjoy it … and you will take away some clinical pearls for treating your patients with HBV.

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Responses from Last
Compass Questions™

In the 08.20.13 issue of Clinical Compass™, we asked five questions.

Question #1 was "Before reading this article, rate your knowledge of the clinical outcomes commonly associated with inadequately treated depression in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)." and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
3.3% - Extremely knowledgeable
13.1% - Very knowledgeable
29.5% - Moderately knowledgeable
39.3% - Somewhat knowledgeable
14.8% - Not at all knowledgeable

Question #2 was "Before reading this article, state how often you have screened a patient with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) for depression either before starting or during antiviral therapy?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
13.1% - Always
23.0% - Often
27.9% - Sometimes
18.0% - Rarely
18.0% - Never

Question #3 was "Has reading this article improved your knowledge of the clinical outcomes commonly associate with inadequately treated depression in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
32.0% - Extremely
46.0% - Very much
20.0% - Somewhat
0.0% - Slightly
2.0% - Not at all

Question #4 was "Now that you have read this article, will you consider increasing use of clinical strategies to assess for depressive symptoms in patients chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
78.0% - Definitely
6.0% - Probably
4.0% - Maybe
0.0% - Probably Not
0.0% - No
12.0% - This is not my role

Question #5 was "How interested are you in participating in more educational activities on chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection?" and the neuroscienceCME learning community responded:
30.0% - Extremely interested
48.0% - Very interested
14.0% - Moderately interested
8.0% - Somewhat interested
0.0% - Not at all interested

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