FamilyPractice.com Offers New CME Program On Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Business/Technology Editors WELLESLEY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002 FamilyPractice.com announces the addition of a video program titled Real-Life Experiences in Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder An anxiety disorder in some individuals who have experienced an event that poses a direct threat to the individual's or another person's life. to be featured in the Interactive Learning Center on its Web site. This video and monograph discuss the burden on patients with PTSD PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD abbr. posttraumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , the diagnostic difficulties faced by physicians and how to overcome them. They also demonstrate the remarkable improvements in symptoms, functioning, and quality of life achievable with effective therapy, through real-life case studies. FamilyPractice.com is an initiative of Medical Learning Company, Inc. (MLCI MLCI Maxx Logistics for Commerce and Industry ), dedicated to serving the needs of family physicians and their patients. "In today's world, we're likely to see an increase of PTSD, which presents a diagnostic challenge for physicians because patients may present with a wide range of symptoms. The family physician often is the one to identify patients with PTSD, because most patients seek help in general practice settings. This video program provides an opportunity to increase diagnostic acumen, and help identify the variety of treatments available," stated Paul Young, MD, Chairman of Medical Learning Company. This video program is available for 2 hours of free CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). . This video program is jointly sponsored by Medical Education Resources, Inc. and Medical Learning Company, Inc., and is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by Medical Education Resources, Inc. Real-Life Experiences in Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Inc. Pfizer Inc., headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals and many of the world's best-known consumer brands. FamilyPractice.com is designed to meet the needs of the approximately 60,000 Diplomates of the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP ABFP abbr. American Board of Family Practice ) and their patients. FamilyPractice.com is continually adding to its collection of free CME programs for physicians, now offering over 40 hours. In addition to providing in-training exams with CME, ABFP Guides, clinical and research journals, drug information, MedLine searches and breaking medical news, FamilyPractice.com has a variety of educational and diagnostic tools, including: Interactive Case of the Month: A unique interactive patient encounter that enables physicians to diagnose and recommend a course of treatment. FP Online CME Programs: With a simple click of the mouse, family physicians can view a variety of online interactive programs that provide the latest information and treatment strategies of a particular medical condition with free CME. HeartLab(TM): A cardiac auscultation auscultation Procedure for detecting certain defects or conditions by listening for normal and abnormal heart, breath, bowel, fetal, and other sounds in the body. The invention of the stethoscope in 1819 improved and expanded this practice, still very useful despite the simulator with actual heart sounds that enables physicians to identify normal and abnormal heartbeats. My Practice: Family physicians may use FamilyPractice.com to create, customize and monitor their own personalized Web site, and track CME. Biological Emergency Information: Provides several links with credible information from reputable sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. , and the American Medical Association American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science. . FamilyPractice.com is an initiative of MLCI, an organization committed to serving the needs of family physicians and their patients by providing ABFP resources and leading-edge technology. MLCI is a joint venture between the ABFP and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. (KTI KTI Kiinteistötalouden Instituutti (Finnish: Institute for Real Estate Economics) KTI Key Technical Issue KTI Kaney Transportation, Inc. KTI KG-84 Trunk Interface ). The ABFP is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Founded in 1969, its goals are improving the quality of medical care, establishing high standards of excellence in family practice and medical education, and granting certificates to family physicians. KTI is a global-leading developer of advanced software technologies. A number of technological benchmarks are credited to KTI's founder, Ray Kurzweil and his associates, including: the first omni-font Optical Character Recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR) technology; the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; the first commercially marketed large vocabulary speech recognition technology; and the first computer music synthesizer that realistically recreates the sounds of orchestral instruments. Kurzweil was recently awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the world's largest single award for invention and innovation. In addition, Kurzweil was awarded the 1999 National Medal of Technology by President Clinton. |
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