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    June 13, 2024 Customer Newsletter

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    • Space Medicine
    • SPEX Preparations
    • Docs Can't Keep up with Weight Loss Demands
    • Q2 MOC Requirements
    • AMA Gets New President  

    grass2Space Doctors!

    University of Central Florida has hired a Vice Chair for aerospace medicine, Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta. And he’s to develop a space medicine curriculum. If they create a the planned masters program, it’ll be the only Master’s of Space Medicine in the nation. Hey! We want to make a Space Medicine product. 🙂

    UCF Medical School Hires Space Doctor

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    Need SPEX Prep & CME?

    Are you planning on taking the SPEX Exam? Med-Challenger has a SPEX review course complete with over 150 CME credits to not only prepare you to pass the exam but also fulfill all continuing education requirements. This course includes didactic content, integrated illustrations, and quizzes for every topic and you can have it all for as little as $26!

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    Untitled (51)-1U.S. Faces Obesity Care Shortage

    The short version is that GLP-1’s are being prescribed everywhere, often with poor or no follow-up, and without addressing the need for care plans and management. Prescriptions seem to have flattened out to 10 million in 2024. Weight loss indicated prescriptions are showing at only 12%, yet close to 55% have no prior pharmaceutical history indicating prescriptions for any diabetic drug.

    U.S. Faces Obesity Care Shortage as Demand for Weight-Loss Drugs Soars


    grass3Be Prepared to Fulfill Q2 MOC Requirements

    The end of the 2nd quarter is approaching, do you have MOCs that are due? ABP MOCA-PEDS and ABIM LKAs are both due June 30. Med-Challenger has digital courses that can prepare you for both. Each course includes not only exam and question prep, but also pertinent CME credits and MOC points, all for as little as $35! The best part is that these resources can be used over and over to meet all your needs.

    ABP Maintenance of Certification: A Pediatrician's Essential Guide

    Exploring the ABIM Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA)

    grass1AMA Focuses on Scope of Practice

    One of the signature issues for the new AMA President, Bruce Scott, MD, is going to be scope of practice. They were already pretty involved in state-level lobbying before. Individual medical specialties are also starting to come in on scope of practice debates, sometimes sideways. ACEP’s new ED certification plan is an example of addressing scope of practice without ever using the words.

    The AMA Will 'Fight for Our Profession and Our Patients,' Says New President