Texas Medical Association provides live courses by request on various topics to educate physicians and other health care professionals. If you are looking for a speaker for an event, take advantage of the resources available at TMA. Experts from across the state of Texas as well as TMA staff, speak on topics such as physician health and rehabilitation, cancer prevention, and practice management. The live courses by request offer CME credit, and may include ethics and/or professional responsibility credit.
Physician Health and Rehabilitation Live Courses
TMA's Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation offers several courses that provide physicians with one hour of CME ethics credit. Available as live presentations, topics include physician stress and burnout, Substance Use Disorders, intervention, tobacco cessation, professional boundaries, challenging patient encounters, managing patients with pain, and many more. For assistance with regard to this educational program, contact Sharon Chicano at TMA at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1343, or e-mail Sharon Chicano.
POEP Top Drawer Presentations
TMA's Physician Oncology Education Program Speakers' Bureau currently includes more than 100 cancer experts across the state who volunteer their time to speak to physicians and other health care professionals on cancer prevention, screening, and early detection. POEP offers state-of-the-science CME on reducing the burden of cancer, the second leading cause of death, in your patients. Learn more about the Physician Oncology Education Program. Contact the POEP staff by e-mailing POEP or call (800) 880-1300, ext. 1672, (512) 370-1672.
Practice Management Live Courses
TMA consultants offer on-site CME training to boost attendance at your meetings while providing a valuable service to your physicians. The practice management topics include principles of coding and documentation, internal controls and embezzlement, medical records, managed care, and many more. For more information about these CME programs and pricing, contact the Practice Consulting staff at (800) 523-8776 or e-mail practice.consulting@texmed.org.