National Grand Rounds – October 2014
Online Webcast Forthcoming

The Evidence on How to Talk about Evidence

This event will be recorded at the 9th Annual NPA Conference in Yonkers, NY
on October 24, 2014

Speakers:

• Lisa Schwartz, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, of Community Medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute; Co-Director Medicine and the Media Program
• Steve Woloshin, MD, Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth; Co-Director Medicine and the Media Program

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National Grand Rounds – March 2014
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Agents of Change: Empowering Students to be Leaders in Conflict of Interest Policy Reform

This event was broadcast live from the American Medical Students Association Convention
in New Orleans on Friday, March 7, 2014

 Speakers:

• Stephen R. Smith, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• David Evans, MD, Assistant Professor, Dpt. Of Family Medicine, Univ. of Washington SOM National Physicians Alliance Past-President & Founding Board Member
• Wells Wilkinson, JD, Director, Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) Project, Staff Attorney, Community Catalyst
• Teddy Fagrelius, American Medical Student Association (AMSA), PharmFree Fellow 2013-14

Moderator:

• Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH, Immediate Past-President of the National Physicians Alliance

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National Grand Rounds – October 2013
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Challenging the Selling of Sickness: A New Partnership Movement of Professionals and Advocates

This event was recorded at the 8th Annual NPA Conference
in Washington, DC on October 19, 2013.

Speakers:

• Leonore Tiefer, PhD, clinical psychologist and author of Sex is Not a Natural Act (Boulder: Westview Press, 2nd edition, 2004). Founder newviewcampaign.org
• Kim Witczak, patient advocate who became involved in pharmaceutical drug safety issues after the 2003 death of her husband as a result of an undisclosed drug side effect.  In 2008 she was appointed to the FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee as a Patient Representative.  Founder woodymatters.com

Moderator:

• Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH, President of the National Physicians Alliance

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National Grand Rounds – August 2013
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Value-Based Prescribing:
What Drives Physician Behavior?

This event was recorded at the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Forum in Vancouver, BC, Canada on August 5, 2013.

Speakers:

• Richard J. Baron, MD, President  & CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Moderator:

• Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH, President of the National Physicians Alliance

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National Grand Rounds – April 2013
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The AMSA Scorecard: The State of Medical School Conflict-of-Interest Policies and Cultivating a New Era of Effective Change

Recorded on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Speakers:

• Reshma Ramachandran, Pharmfree Fellow, American Medical Student Association
• Daniel Carlat, MD, Director of the Pew Prescription Project

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National Grand Rounds – February 2013
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Conflict-of-Interest in Medicine:
An Update on the State of the Problem

Featured Speaker:

Howard Brody, MD, PhD
Director, Institute for the Medical Humanities,
Professor, Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch

 

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This event was recorded at a live event held on February 8, 2013 in collaboration with

The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics
UT Health, University Health Science Center at Houston

Broadcast live from the

University of Texas Medical School

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National Grand Rounds – November 2012
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Selling Drugs: Pharma’s Evolving Strategies

This event was held in conjunction with the NPA 7^th Annual Conference Leading the Way: the Next Chapter in America’s Health at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, VA.

Featured Speakers:

• Shannon Brownlee, MS, Acting Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
• Michael Oldani, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Director of the Family and Health Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin
• Wells Wilkinson, JD, Project Director, Prescription Access Litigation at Community Catalyst
• Jeff Chester, MSW, Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy

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*This online activity offers
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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National Grand Rounds – October 2012
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Managing Industry Conflict of Interest
in the Clinical & Academic Setting

Sponsored by NPA in conjunction with the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Empowering Future Physicians Conference, at Nova Southeastern University and College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Live webcast recorded October 12, 2012.

Featured Speakers:

• Anthony Silvagni, DO, PharmD, MSc, FACOFP, FAFPE, Dean, Nova Southeastern University, School of Osteopathic Medicine
• David Evans, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
• Gary Wimsett, Jr., JD, LHRM, Director, Conflict of Interest Program, University of Florida College of Medicine

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*This online activity offers
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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National Grand Rounds – May 2012
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Understanding Emerging Trends in Industry-Academic Relationships

Sponsored by NPA and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Community & Continuing Medical Education and Academic Affairs & Education. Live webcast recorded May 31, 2012.

Featured Speaker:

• Eric G. Campbell, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Research at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy

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Want to Learn More?

Visit NPA’s Avoiding Conflict-of-Interest in Medicine Leadership Development Call Series Archive –Link

If you have questions please contact Becky Martin, NPA Director of Project Management at becky.martin@npalliance.net

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These events are offered as part of the Partnership to Advance Conflict-free Medical Education (PACME). This partnership and related materials were made possible by a grant from the state Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program which is funded by the multi-state settlement of consumer fraud claims regarding the
marketing of the prescription drug Neurontin.