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PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE, LICENSURE AND REGULATION
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories. The FSMB leads by promoting excellence in medical practice, licensure, and regulation as the national resource and voice on behalf of state medical and osteopathic boards in their protection of the public.
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2012 FSMB Board Attorneys Workshop to be held on
November 1-2
State medical and osteopathic board attorneys and legal staff are encouraged to make plans now to attend FSMB’s 2012 Board Attorneys Workshop on November 1-2 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The two-day conference will be held at the InterContinental Hotel New Orleans, located in the heart of the city in the Central Business District, two blocks from the French Quarter and six blocks from the riverfront. To register for this year’s workshop, or to get more information, please visit: Board Attorneys Workshop.
2012 Tri-Regulator Symposium on the Future of State-Based Regulation
Make plans to attend the FSMB’s Tri-Regulator/Centennial Symposium with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) on Oct. 17-18, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The theme of the meeting is “The Future of State-based Regulation: Opportunities and Challenges” and will also feature several hours devoted to the FSMB’s history and an evening reception on Oct. 17 celebrating our 100 years of service to the nation’s state medical boards. Keynote speakers include former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, PhD, and Edward Salsberg, MPA, Director of the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. To learn more, contact FSMB Education Director, Kelly Alfred, MS, at kalfred@fsmb.org or (817) 868-5160. View the agenda.
Medical Licensing and Discipline in America
Medical Licensing and Discipline in America, a book focusing on the evolution of the U.S. medical licensing system from its historical antecedents in the 18th and 19th century to its modern structure, is now available for pre-sale through Lexington Books. Authors David A. Johnson and Humayun J. Chaudhry provide an organizational history of the Federation of State Medical Boards and its role in the major issue of licensing and discipline in the 20th century: uniformity in medical statute, evaluation of international medical graduates, nationally administered examinations for licensure, etc.
The book also documents such milestones as the national shift toward greater public accountability by state medical boards as evidenced by California’s inclusion of public members on its medical board, New Mexico’s requirement for continuing medical education by physicians as a condition for license renewal and the Federation’s policy development work advocating for both initiatives among all state medical boards.
2012 IAMRA International Conference on Medical Regulation — Registration Open and Call for Abstracts
Registration is now open and the Call for Abstracts is available online for IAMRA's 2012 International Conference on Medical Regulation. Click here to register.
IAMRA's 2012 International Conference on Medical Regulation is being hosted by the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC) and the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). The Conference will be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 2-5, 2012. The IAMRA Institute will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 2nd and the IAMRA Members General Assembly will take place on the afternoon of Friday, October 5th.
Expanded edition of Responsible Opioid Prescribing Now Available
The FSMB Foundation has released a newly revised second edition of Responsible Opioid Prescribing. The expanded edition offers important new material, including research on opioid prescribing not available when the first edition was published in 2007, and updated recommendations for prescribers.
Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Clinician's Guide offers clinicians effective strategies for reducing the risk of addiction, abuse and diversion of opioids that they prescribe for their patients in pain. Written by pain medicine specialist Scott M. Fishman, M.D., this revised and expanded edition offers important new material, including research on opioid prescribing that was not available when the first edition was published in 2007, and updated recommendations for prescribers. The update is especially important given the rise of opioid abuse and related deaths in the United States as well as the ongoing need for legitimate patient access to pain medications. Click here for more information.
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