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Jan. 29, 2025

Follow the Money: The Unexpected Economics of CME

In the 1960s, continuing medical education was straightforward - universities and medical schools provided the funding and the education. Today, we're navigating a multi-billion industry where private equity firms are acquiring major CME providers, commercial support has dropped to 24% of funding, …

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Jan. 22, 2025

AI, Art & Social Networks in Continuing Education for Health Professi…

What if everything we believe about driving change in healthcare education is fundamentally wrong - and AI might be making it worse? As healthcare education rapidly embraces AI and digital transformation, you're likely grappl...

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Sept. 18, 2024

CME as a Strategic Resource in Quality Improvement with Katie West MSN

background and the work she does. She shares her passion for teaching and learning and how she transitioned from clinical nursing care to education. Katie explains the role of CME in a hospital setting and the importance of providing relevant and impactful education to clinicians. She discusses the…

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June 5, 2024

Elevate your CME Game: Insider Secrets from Kristen Dascoli to Transf…

Kristen Dascoli, a seasoned pro with experience on both the editorial and business development sides of CME, pulls back the curtain on the development of a pioneering program on gender-affirming HIV care. ELEVATE was a ground...

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May 13, 2024

From Boring to Brilliant: Transform Your CME Content with Proven Stor…

Are you struggling to keep your clinical audience engaged and invested in your CME content? In today's fast-paced, information-overloaded world, medical writers face the daunting challenge of capturing and maintaining their r...

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May 6, 2024

How to Streamline Your Medical Writing Literature Review Process

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and frustrated when searching for relevant studies on PubMed for your medical writing projects? As a medical writer, you know that conducting a comprehensive literature review is crucial f...

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April 29, 2024

Elevate Your Medical Writing: How to Choose the Right Literature Revi…

Are you struggling to find the most relevant papers for your medical writing projects on PubMed? You know the importance of having a solid research foundation when working on medical writing projects like clinical practice gu...

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April 24, 2024

The Art of Short-Form CME: Tweetorials and Social-Media-Based Content

If you are an education provider, are you curious about how to use social media platforms like X/formerly Twitter to deliver engaging and accredited CME content? If you're a writer, do you want to know more about how to creat...

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April 22, 2024

Bridging Gaps and Crafting Learning Objectives: High-Impact Skills fo…

Are you crafting compelling stories of transformation in your CME needs assessments? As a CME writer, your ability to identify clinical practice gaps and translate them into actionable learning objectives is crucial for creat...

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April 15, 2024

Crafting Impactful CME: Core Competencies for Medical Writers

Are you ready to master the art of medical writing and stand out as a CME content creator? As a medical writer, you know that crafting compelling continuing medical education (CME) content requires a unique set of competencie...

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March 1, 2024

The Art of Storytelling: Engaging Clinical Audiences

If you are a medical writer my guess is that you occasionally struggle to engage your target audience. Health professionals have less time and shorter attention spans, making it critical for medical writers to master storytel...

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Feb. 26, 2024

100 Ultimate Tips from 100 Episodes of Write Medicine

We’ve reached a major milestone here at the Write Medicine podcast – episode 100. When I started this podcast, my mission was to foster a spirit of community, connection, and support among peers and colleagues in the early da...

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Feb. 19, 2024

Spotting Plagiarism in CME Content: Tools and Strategies for Preventi…

Are you aware that plagiarism is not just about copying text word for word? Listen in to uncover the different forms of plagiarism and how to spot them. Plagiarism can have significant consequences in CME content development,...

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Jan. 30, 2024

Envisioning the Next Era of CME/CPD: A Workshop Preview

A decade ago, Curtis Olson PhD, then editor of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, made 20 predictions about the future of Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development....

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Jan. 17, 2024

Building a Global CME/CE Program

Do you ever wonder about CME/CE in Africa? Or how you could use your content creation skills to improve health outcomes globally? This episode explores how one CME/CE writer is using her expertise to directly improve patient ...

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Jan. 13, 2024

What the Blazes is CME?

Do you know the difference between CME, CE, CPD, and lifelong learning? Confused by all the terminology in continuing education for health professionals? Understanding the distinctions is key to navigating the world of accred...

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Jan. 10, 2024

Digital Declutter: A Guide to Eco-Conscious CME Content Creation

Are you overlooking a major yet often overlooked contributor to climate change through your digital content creation and strategies? Are you unintentionally contributing to the planet's digital carbon footprint? As CME/CE con...

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Jan. 9, 2024

What's Write Medicine About?

Transform your CME/CE content with Write Medicine! Struggling with how to create continuing medical education content for health professionals (CME/CE)? Write Medicine is your definitive guide to mastering the craft of high-q...

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Nov. 1, 2023

The Checklist Revolution: Streamlining Healthcare Content for Better …

Plain language is a communication style that aims to simplify complex information and make it more accessible to a wider audience. It involves using clear, concise, and jargon-free language to convey information in a way that...

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Oct. 25, 2023

Audience-Centric Content: How to Boost Engagement and Impact

As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many in-person events to go virtual. While platforms like Zoom made the transition possible, “Zoom fatigue” quickly set in. Audiences have tuned out of long presentations and passive l...

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Oct. 18, 2023

Escape the Ordinary: Unlocking Engagement with Escape Rooms

In today’s episode, I speak with nurse educator Martha Johnson MSN, RN, CEN, otherwise known as Breakout RN , about using active learning strategies to engage nursing students for whom it is also often challenging to connect ...

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Oct. 11, 2023

Creating Value in CME/CE Content with Generative-AI

In this episode, I spoke with Sean Sodha, founder of medical content platform Grafi AI, about the promise and pitfalls of generative AI for healthcare content creators. Sean shared his unique perspective on navigating this em...

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Sept. 27, 2023

Breaking Up the Lecture: The Power of Active Learning

I’m really excited to have today’s conversation with Dr. Barbie Honeycutt, a faculty development consultant and host of the podcast Lecture Breakers . Barbi is an expert in the field of active learning and is known for her ...

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Sept. 20, 2023

Human-Centered Instructional Design: A Catalyst for Effective Learnin…

Instructional design for online courses is a crucial aspect of modern CME/CE. And as online learning has grown over the last 15 years or so, especially so since 2020, instructional designers play a vital role in creating effe...

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