| UAB Division of CME goes beyond traditional lecture-based CME by assisting practicing physicians to implement emerging best practices into their routine practice. The following are samples of federally-funded educational research initiatives and other educational collaborations featuring our work: |
| Alabama Collaboration for Cardiovascular Equality (ACCE) |
PI: Caterina Kiefe, PhD, MD
A cooperative project of the Mineral District Medical Society, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, Tuskegee University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. |
| Alabama & Mississippi Practice-Based Networks (APBN & MPBN) |
| Collaborative efforts between the Division of Continuing Medical Education and the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) of the States of Alabama and Mississippi. Related projects include Diabetes Quality of Care and Obesity Quality of Care. |
| Colorectoral Cancer Screening Decisions in Primary Care |
PI: Emily Boohaker, MD
A multi-center initiative sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. |
| Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) |
PI: Dale Williams, PhD
The Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) is a consortium of participating practices and dental organizations committed to advancing knowledge of dental practice and ways to improve it. Essentially, it is "practical science" done about, in, and for the benefit of "real world" daily clinical practice. DPBRN's major source of funding is the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health. |
| Equipping Primary Care Physicians to Improve Care for Children (EPPICC) |
PI: Wendy Marsh-Tootle, MD
Jointly sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama Medicaid, and the National Institutes of Health. |
| Improving Cultural Competency: An Online Case-based Curriculum |
PI: Carlos Estrada, MD
Developed by the Department of General Internal Medicine. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. |
| Initiative for Decreasing Disparities in Depression (I3D) |
| Developed by the Praxis Partnership, a co-operative consortium of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Vanderbilt University, and Indicia Medical Education, LLC designed to resolve the significant gap between the mental health care services that ethnic and racial minority groups are receiving and those they could be receiving. Funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. |
| Managing Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis (GIOP) |
PI: Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
Sponsored by the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine. |
| The Marketing of Medicines: Development, Dissemination and Evaluation of a Critical Skills Curriculum for Prescribers |
PI: Maribel Salas, MD
Developed by the Division of Preventive Medicine—University of Alabama School of Medicine. Funded by The Public Health Trust. |
| MI-Plus: Web-Enhanced Post MI + Co-morbidity Guidelines |
PI: Catarina Kiefe, PhD, MD
Cosponsored by the Division of Preventive Medicine—University of Alabama School of Medicine, Division of Continuing Medical Education—University of Alabama School of Medicine, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, The American Heart Association, and Medscape. Made possible by Grant Number HL70786 from the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. |
| Oral Cancer Prevention, An Online Community for Dental Practices (DTC & Stories) |
PI: Tom Houston, MD, MPH
Developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health. |
| Patient Safety and Medication Use Study (NSAIDS) |
PI: Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MS
Developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Education & Research on Therapeutics of Musculoskeletal Disorders. |
| Rural Diabetes Online Care Project (RDOC) |
PI: Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MS
Developed by the University of Alabama Institute for Rural Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute for Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases. |
| Secondary Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Long-term Care Facilities (SPOF) |
| A cooperative effort of Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Alabama School of Medicine in collaboration with Medical Review of North Carolina and Health Services Advisory Group. Made possible by a grant from AHRQ - U18 HS10389 for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics of Musculoskeletal Disorders. Additional support provided in part by unrestricted research grants from the Alliance for Better Bone Health, Merck & Co., Inc., and the Duke Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. |
| Stories To Communicate Risk about Tobacco (STORIES DVD) |
PI: Tom Houston, MD, MPH (Co-PI Pamela Foster, MD, MPH, Tuskegee University)
An interactive DVD using Cooper Green Mercy Hospital patients’ stories about quitting smoking to motivate fellow patients to follow suit. Developed by the Mineral District Medical Society, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, Tuskegee University, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as part of the Collaboration for Cardiovascular Equality Grant. |
| Symposia for Improving Primary Care Physician Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) |
PI: Robert M. Centor, MD
Developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Continuing Medical Education and the Departments of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and Health Services Administration. Funded by Amgen, Inc. |
| VA MI Plus: Web-Enhanced Guideline Implementation for Post MI CBOC |
PI: John I. Kennedy, Jr., MD
Sponsored by the VA Deep South Effectiveness Research Targeted Research Enhancement Program and the Division of Preventive Medicine—University of Alabama School of Medicine. |
| Alabama Arthritis Control Program |
| A patient education tool developed by partnership of the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. |