QuantiaMD Launches Physician Wellbeing Initiative

Waltham, Mass. January 24, 2012 - QuantiaMD, the medical learning network, announces the launch of an initiative addressing physician wellbeing. The new Physician Wellbeing Special Interest Group (SIG) provides educational content, expert advice, tools and services aimed at lowering the prevalence of physician burnout and mitigating its negative impact on patient care. The comprehensive initiative focuses on physicians' physical, mental, financial and social health and can be accessed at http://www.quantiamd.com/home/sig_physician_wellbeing.

QuantiaMD reached out to its physician members and found that almost half want to prioritize their wellbeing, but currently do not. Other industry studies have highlighted the growing prevalence of physician burnout and stress and the positive correlation between physician health and patient care outcomes. Physician work satisfaction has been decreasing due to factors such as less time available to spend with patients, greater administrative burden and the increasing difficulty of staying up-to-date on medical thinking. With new healthcare regulations placing greater pressure and accountability on physicians, it is vital that they continue to maintain a healthy work-life balance in order to provide optimal patient care.

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See you at the Health Care Innovations Summit DC 2012 #cisummit

I'm heading down to the Health Care Innovations Summit DC 2012 today. If you'll be attending, I look forward to seeing you there!

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is co-hosting the first ever Care Innovations Summit, an HCI-DC event, on January 26, 2012, in Washington, DC in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator at HHS, The West Wireless Health Institute, and Health Affairs to facilitate dialogue and drive action towards the three-part aim: Better care and better health at lower cost through continuous improvement.

Watch the event here: http://hcidc.org

Follow the Twitter hashtag #cisummit

Consulting Career Paths in the Life Science Industry

Propel Careers, MassBio, and MassBioEd brings you "Consulting Career Paths in the Life Science Industry" on Feb 21 in Boston. Attendance for this program is open to current graduate students, post doctoral fellows, and medical residents who are interested in careers in the life sciences industry. Individuals who are not in these categories will not be permitted to attend.

Learn more about this event here: http://fils22012.eventbrite.com

Masters in Biotechnology Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

The Johns Hopkins University has a new program that brings together a strong science foundation with biotechnology enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Masters in Biotechnology Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

This new master's program is intended for biotechnology professionals who seek a career beyond the laboratory either within an existing biotechnology group or organization or for those who seek to start a new biotechnology enterprise. The curriculum is designed to prepare the next generation of interdisciplinary professionals to address the enterprise and regulatory challenges organizations face in the biotechnology industry.

The entire degree can be completed online or a combination of online and on-site.

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Job Posting: Senior Medical Editor

Senior Medical Editor
M3-USA
Washington , DC 20036

Reports to: Director of Professional Services

Based at: Washington DC

Job summary:
Ensure the publication of MDLinx website and newsletters according to daily schedule and quality guidelines. Plan and manage editorial activities relating to the review and creation of peer-reviewed journal article summaries, and learning activities, across multiple medical specialties. Manage international editorial staff.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

1. Guide editorial team and medical writers to select and develop content for clinical practitioner audience.
2. Review article summaries for clinical relevance and accuracy
3. Manage and monitor work flow from editorial team
4. Maintain and develop journal database
5. Support communication with members
6. Track article statistics and provide insight into member activity
7. Provide medical knowledge support to sales, marketing and market research teams as needed
8. Additional responsibilities as assigned

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Leadership Careers in Medical Education

Here's a book you won't want to miss if you have a passion for medical education:

Leadership Careers in Medical Education

Here's a brief description:

Offering knowledge and insight from medical leaders and prominent educators, Leadership Careers in Medical Education serves as a guide for current faculty and future leaders on how to launch, sustain, and further develop one s career in medical education. Examining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with leadership in medical education, this book provides: Historical and contemporary perspectives on the organizational structure of internal medicine education in academic health centers Principles of medical education leadership The roles and responsibilities associated with careers in medical education Advice on leveraging existing resources and articulating the need for more Methods for designing a curriculum, evaluating learners and programs, and getting started in education research Practical suggestions for managing and advancing one s career A special section, Profiles of Leaders in Medical Education, features interviews with 15 highly esteemed leaders in internal medicine education about their chosen careers and how they achieved their goals. A part of ACP s Teaching Medicine Series, this title is available individually or as a part of the complete six-book set.

9th Annual BIO Asia International Conference

What is the 9th Annual BIO Asia International Conference?
Jan 31 - Feb 1 in Osaka, Japan

The BIO Asia International Conference is an exclusive, customized partnering forum that brings together U.S. and European drug development companies with Asian biotech and pharmaceutical companies interested in research collaborations and licensing agreements.

The conference features private, pre-arranged meetings between senior-level executives, using BIO’s proprietary state-of-the-art computer software, BIO One-on-One Partnering. The format and selective nature of the conference makes this the premier dedicated biotech partnering event in Asia and an unrivalled opportunity to meet with the leading international pharmaceutical and biotech companies in one place at one time.

Learn more about BIO Asia here. The last day to register is Jan 24.

Audio business book summaries for executives

If you're like me, you don't have much time to read. However, if you're looking for a way to keep up these all the popular business books out there, you can listen to audio book summaries while you're exercising or driving in the car. There are so many great business books on leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, economics, management, effectiveness, etc. There are a number of ways to get these types of business book summaries. There's one that I recently tried by AudioTech. Here's a brief description of AudioTech Business Book Summaries:

AudioTech allows executives to keep up with all the latest business theories, ideas, and concepts from the best and most important business books written each year. Every month, our book summary editors take two current business titles and condense them down to the essentials; delivering them to business leaders as 45-minute audio book summaries (CDs or MP3s) + free online access to the PDF digital transcript of the audio. Meaning each month, top executives get crucial business information from two top business titles in a 90-minute summary format.

You can learn more about  AudioTech business book summaries here. What types of audio book summaries have you tried?

European Career Fair 2012 at MIT

Looking for a job in Europe? Discover the many opportunities that international companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations from Europe have to offer at the European Career Fair (ECF) at MIT.


The 16th European Career Fair - ECF 2012
Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at MIT

The career fair is open to everyone.

You can learn more here: https://www.euro-career.com/

See you in Orlando for the Alliance for CME (now Alliance for CEHP)

I'll see you in Orlando for the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (CME), now the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (CEHP). This year, the focus is on "Improving Professional Competence, Provider Performance, and Patient Care." At this year's conference, I'll be speaking about the use of social media in continuing medical education.

This is the largest annual conference that draws professionals who work in the continuing medical education industry. The Alliance is a diverse community of professionals dedicated to accelerating excellence in health care performance through education, advocacy, and collaboration. Learn more about the Alliance here: http://www.acme-assn.org