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Plans sought to curb teen girls’ high STD rate

April 6th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Adolescent women have a high rate of sexually transmitted infections, and preventing these diseases needs to be an important public health goal, according to a paper presented by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago last month.

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Stricter requirements sought for relicensure as medical boards draft proposal

December 16th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

State medical board leaders are exploring a new way to assure the public that physicians retain skills throughout their careers. But some doctors say the boards’ plan is just more busywork.

Board leaders are working on an initiative to expand the requirements for maintenance of licensure, a process in which doctors demonstrate continued competence at the time of relicensing. In most states, physicians can maintain their licenses just by having no disciplinary actions against them and by completing a minimum number of hours of continuing medical education.

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