Sunday, October 19, 2014

Job Posting: Clinical Trial Review Board Chair (IRB)

Job Posting: Clinical Trial Review Board Chair (IRB)
Western IRB (Puyallup, Washington)

For more than 45 years, Western Institutional Review Board has been at the forefront of protecting the rights and welfare of human subjects research participants. If youre looking to join a company with a global mission and impact, please read further.

We're looking for dedicated medical professional to join our mission of protecting human research subjects as our Board Chair/Vice Chair (Medical) at our Puyallup Washington location. We offer competitive compensation and benefit programs.

Position Summary:
Provide the highest possible support to the organizations ethical review and research safety programs in areas and issues requiring medical training and judgment. This most commonly involves the Institutional Review Board, but may involve areas such as biosafety, data safety, and others.

Learn more here.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

ACPE.org now points to PhysicianLeaders.org #leadership

In case you missed the announcement, the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is now the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL). AAPL may cause you to think about Apple stock on NASDAQ, so it may be best to remember the new URL: PhysicianLeaders.org

Don't get this new website confused with PhysicianLeadership.org - that's a different organization.

ACPE is now: PhysicianLeaders.org

This is not the first time the organization has gone through a name change. When ACPE began in the mid-1970s, it was called the American Academy of Medical Directors (AAMD). Then, soon after the term “physician executive” was coined, the organization became the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).

Read about the name change here.


Friday, October 3, 2014

Article about re-entering clinical medicine

MedPageToday has posted an article about the costs of re-entering clinical medicine after a physician leaves for an extended period of time. The definition of "extended period of time" varies for each state medical board and many state boards make it very challenging to re-enter the practice of medicine after you have transitioned into a full-time non-clinical career.

The Primary Care Physician Re-entry Act has been proposed before Congress by Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.).