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Sunday, January 27, 2008
BLOGSCAN - CME Talks by "Hired Gun, MD"
On the Carlat Psychiatry Blog, Dr Daniel Carlat recounted the career of a "hired gun, MD" who earned an estimated $3 million total from honoraria giving pharma sponsored talks. Is this any way to provide continuing medical education? Would you trust a talk given by such a hired gun? Would you recognize a CME talk given by such a hired gun?
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