Industry-Funded CME: More Point and Counterpoint

From Pharmalot by way of The Carlat Psychiatry Blog: Both highlight a relatively recent editorial in Medical Meetings that was written by Donna Beales, librarian and CME coordinator at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, MA. In the editorial, Beales maligns the current state of industry-funded CME and outlines a provocative "5 Steps to Building Real Firewalls" to separate CME from commercial interests.

My own very blunt view of Beales's editorial is that it comes from a place of ignorance, and I specify some of my objections to her proposals in the comments section of the relevant Pharmalot post.