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Pharmacotherapy Recertification Module 1B: Cardiology and Statistics (meta-analysis)

By Daniel Marsh posted 05-22-2015 10:54

  
The Ironman 70.3 is done and the baby is still 2.5 months away so I was able to carve out a few hours this week to complete the next module.

This module contains 4 article with the main focus on meta-analysis. The first article is a meta-analysis of perioperative beta-blocker use. The second article is a study of a new combo drug for heart failure, and the final two articles are general information on how to assess and interpret meta-analyses.

The module provides 5 hours of CE, but I completed the whole thing in under 4 hours. The papers were not long and took a little over 2 hours to dig through (not counting the time I fell asleep reading about meta-analyses!) The test this time was 20 questions and took about an hour.

I feel like the test this module was a little tougher than module 1A. I missed no questions in 1A, but did end up missing a few here in 1B. You can miss 5 and still pass, so I was OK there. I do wish they would at least let you know what questions you miss as I think this would be the greatest learning opportunity. I know they probably cannot tell us the correct answers, but at least let us know what we missed so we can review the articles to see if we misinterpreted something. Otherwise, I think this was a good module that will improve my knowledge base. 

I am looking forward to the next module though as it seem focused on clinical issues and less on trial design and stats. Hooray for that!

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