Johns Hopkins And Mexican Society Of Neurosurgery Holds Joint Conference In Puerto Vallarta

WEBWIRE – Thursday, August 21, 2008 Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Mexican Society of Neurosurgery co-hosted a day-long conference on brain tumor management in Mexico this month, an unusual joint venture the planners hope will be a model for continuing medical education programs covering a wide range of medical specialties in that country. Henry Brem, head of neurosurgery at Hopkins, and four senior Hopkins colleagues travelled to Puerto Vallarta for the program, developed in conjunction with Johns Hopkins Medicine International and the Continuing Medical Education (CME) arm of Johns Hopkins. “This is the first time that CME credits were made available to Mexican physicians,” says Brem, referring to courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education in the United States. The curriculum for the... [read full story]