ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Efficacy of Stool Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening Update

This online activity is designed to help primary care physicians and other providers better understand the options for colorectal cancer screening and increase confidence in the use of FOBT/FIT as an effective screening modality. The activity provides a review of…

Master the R Series

This course guides applicants working on National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 or R-series submissions. This four-part course will help you write a sophisticated, polished narrative that is responsive to the latest NIH trends and policies and will keep you…

How Should the Use of Opioids Be Regulated to Motivate Better Clinical Practice?

This article describes historical and political reasons for and devastating consequences of US opioid prescribing policy since the 1990s, which has restricted opioid prescribing for pain less than for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. This article considers merits and…

What Would Equitable Harm Reduction Look Like?

Structural determinants of health frameworks must express anti-racism to be effective, but racial and ethnic inequities are widely documented, even in harm reduction programs that focus on person-centered interventions. Harm reduction strategies should express social justice and health equity, resist…

Why Evidence Generation Should Matter to Payers and How They Can Help

Importance  The US leads the world in bringing new medical products to market, but the ability to generate evidence to inform clinical practice in postmarket settings needs improvement. Although a diverse group of stakeholders is working to improve postmarket evidence generation,…

How Should Harm Reduction Strategies Differ for Adolescents and Adults?

Overall rates of opioid use are low in adolescents; however, recent increases in mortality from overdose in adolescents have outpaced increases in the general population. This article highlights the importance of expanding evidence-based treatment for adolescent opioid use, especially medication,…

Steroid-Responsive Myorhythmia in Pectoralis Muscles

This case report describes a patient experiencing involuntary contractions in his right pectoralis muscles with anti-Tr antibodies in his serum, which is characteristic of myorhythmia.

Ethics Talk: Street Health Care as Harm Reduction

This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about how street outreach programs help mitigate harms of drug use among people experiencing homelessness. The featured guest are Dave Lettrich,…