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Edited by Philip A. Starr, Nicholas M. Barbaro, and Paul S. Larson
2nd ed, 304 pp, $249.95
New York, NY, Thieme, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-5889-0399-0

JAMA. 2009;301(14):1488-1489.

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A fantastic opportunity was presented to me—review a book and simultaneously earn 15 American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award Category 1 credits of continuing medical education (CME). Too good to pass up, this one—much easier to be enthusiastic. Let me be clear. I love learning, reading, writing—and arithmetic. Book reviews are fun to do. However, going to meetings, especially just to get CME credits, is not so entertaining. The prospect of killing a chunk of my needed CME hours was welcome.

I cannot speak for the trend in other specialties, but organized neurosurgery is making it easier for practicing surgeons to obtain CME credits without going to meetings. A number of Web-based seminars are currently available. And some publications sponsored by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons have online examinations associated with them. If one reads the book, passes the test, and pays a nominal fee (eg, $30), credits are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ian B. Ross, MD, Reviewer
Department of Neurosurgery
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, California
ianrossmd@aol.com

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