Blackwell Futura Media Services, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education activities for physicians. The primary objective of Blackwell Futura Media Services is the enhancement of medical knowledge, by disseminating research and its clinical implications and improving the quality of patient care and professional practice.

Mission Statement

The goals of Blackwell Futura Media Services activities are to enable the participants to:

• Gain a better understanding of the topic(s) presented
  
• Increase awareness of current information, evidence-based medicine, professional guidelines, approaches to clinical problems, and to their prevention
  
• Improve their ability to accurately assess and diagnose clinical problems
  
• Understand the indications, results and limitations of current and new technologies and other therapeutic approaches
  
• Link discoveries in basic science to advances in diagnosis and therapy in clinical medicine
  
• Promote implementation of specialty professional practice guidelines into daily clinical practice

Each activity is designed to foster a dialogue between faculty and participants, which will broaden the participants’ experience. Practical demonstrations of techniques and technology are integrated into the program whenever appropriate. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of current knowledge to one's practice and research.

Activities are targeted to a worldwide physician (primary care and specialist) audience. We welcome participation of other health professionals involved in health care delivery.

The faculty, authors, and/or editors for each CME activity consist of internationally recognized authorities, with excellent communication skills, who will address the latest developments in the understanding of disease mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatments.

Blackwell Futura Media Services seeks to acquire or develop new and innovative teaching and instructional pathways, such as enduring interactive materials, which will better enable the company to accomplish its goal of physician education.