AHRQ releases new CME/CE courses

Research Activities, December 2011, No. 376

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released three new continuing medical education/continuing education (CME/CE) modules based on comparative effectiveness research reviews from the Effective Health Care Program:

• Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fractures: A Feedback-Based Learning Activity (video).
• Updates on the Comparative Effectiveness of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Therapies for Essential Hypertension: A Feedback-Based Learning Activity (video).
• Updates on the Treatment of Essential Hypertension: A Summary of AHRQ's Comparative Effectiveness Review of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers, and Direct Renin Inhibitors (print monograph).

The modules are available free of charge at CME/CE Activities .

Copies of the reports and more information are available on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Web site.