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January 9, 2002
JAMA. 2002;287:255-256.
Physicians in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Physicians with current and valid licenses in the United States, Canada, or Mexico who read any 3 of the selected continuing medical education (CME) articles in this issue of JAMA, complete the CME Evaluation Form, and fax it to the number or mail it to the address at the bottom of the CME Evaluation Form are eligible for category 1 CME credit. There is no charge.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor CME for physicians. The AMA designates this educational activity for up to 1 hour of category 1 CME credit per JAMA issue toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). Each physician should claim for credit only those hours that were actually spent in this educational activity.
Physicians in Other Countries
Physicians with current and valid licenses in the United States, Mexico, or Canada are eligible for CME credit even if they live or practice in other countries. Physicians licensed in other countries are also welcome to participate in this CME activity. However, the PRA is available only to physicians licensed in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
Earning Credit and the CME Evaluation Form
To earn credit, read 3 of the articles listed below that are designated for CME credit carefully and complete the CME Evaluation Form. The CME Evaluation Form must be submitted within 1 month of the issue date. A certificate awarding 1 hour of category 1 CME credit will be faxed or mailed to you; it is then your responsibility to maintain a record of credit received.
One of our goals is to assess continually the educational needs of our readers so we may enhance the educational effectiveness of JAMA. To achieve this goal, we need your help. You must complete the CME Evaluation Form to receive credit.
Statement of Educational Purpose
JAMA is a general medical journal. Its mission and educational purpose is to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health. A flexible curriculum of article topics is developed annually by THE JOURNAL's editorial board and is then supplemented throughout the year with information gained from readers, authors, reviewers, and editors. To accommodate the diversity of practice types within JAMA's readership, the Reader's Choice CME activity allows readers, as adult learners, to determine their own educational needs and to assist the editors in addressing their needs in future issues.
Readers of JAMA should be able to attain the following educational objectives: (1) select and read at least 3 articles in 1 issue to gain new medical information on topics of particular interest to them as physicians, (2) assess the articles' value to them as practicing physicians, and (3) think carefully about how this new information may influence their own practices. The educational objective for each CME article is given after the article title below.
CME Articles in This Issue of JAMA
The following articles in this issue may be read for CME credit:
Maternal Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Gene Polymorphism, and Infant Birth Weight195
Educational Objective: To learn about genetic susceptibility to the adverse effects of cigarette smoking on infant birth weight.
National Trends in the Outpatient Treatment of Depression203
Educational Objective: To learn about recent changes in clinical management of depression for the US population.
Sex-Based Analysis of Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Predominantly With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention210
Educational Objective: To compare mortality for women and men with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary interventions.
Serum Estradiol Level and Risk of Breast Cancer During Treatment With Raloxifene216
Educational Objective: To learn that raloxifene may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women with high levels of estradiol.
Prevalence of Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus Infection in Homosexual Men at Beginning of and During the HIV Epidemic221
Educational Objective: To learn that declines in the incidence of Kaposi sarcoma may not be explained by declines in human herpesvirus 8 transmission.
Defining and Assessing Professional Competence226
Educational Objective: To understand how professional competence of physicians may be defined.
Corticosteroid Supplementation for Adrenal Insufficiency236
Educational Objective: To review indications for corticosteroid supplementation for adrenal insufficiency due to illness or procedural interventions.
After reading 3 of these articles, complete the CME Evaluation Form.
RELATED ARTICLES
Maternal Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Gene Polymorphism, and Infant Birth Weight
Xiaobin Wang, Barry Zuckerman, Colleen Pearson, Gary Kaufman, Changzhong Chen, Guoying Wang, Tianhua Niu, Paul H. Wise, Howard Bauchner, and Xiping Xu
JAMA. 2002;287(2):195-202.
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National Trends in the Outpatient Treatment of Depression
Mark Olfson, Steven C. Marcus, Benjamin Druss, Lynn Elinson, Terri Tanielian, and Harold Alan Pincus
JAMA. 2002;287(2):203-209.
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Sex-Based Analysis of Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Predominantly With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Julinda Mehilli, Adnan Kastrati, Josef Dirschinger, Jürgen Pache, Melchior Seyfarth, Rudolf Blasini, Donald Hall, Franz-Josef Neumann, and Albert Schömig
JAMA. 2002;287(2):210-215.
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Serum Estradiol Level and Risk of Breast Cancer During Treatment With Raloxifene
Steven R. Cummings, Tu Duong, Emily Kenyon, Jane A. Cauley, Malcolm Whitehead, Kathryn A. Krueger, and for the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation Trial
JAMA. 2002;287(2):216-220.
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Prevalence of Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus Infection in Homosexual Men at Beginning of and During the HIV Epidemic
Dennis H. Osmond, Susan Buchbinder, Amber Cheng, Alison Graves, Eric Vittinghoff, Cynthia K. Cossen, Bagher Forghani, and Jeffrey N. Martin
JAMA. 2002;287(2):221-225.
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Defining and Assessing Professional Competence
Ronald M. Epstein and Edward M. Hundert
JAMA. 2002;287(2):226-235.
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Corticosteroid Supplementation for Adrenal Insufficiency
Douglas B. Coursin and Kenneth E. Wood
JAMA. 2002;287(2):236-240.
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