ACPM ENDORSES NUTRITIONAL RATING SYSTEM
The ACPM Board
of Regents has voted to endorse the NuValTM Nutritional Scoring
System, a rating system that helps consumers, at-a-glance, know the nutritional
value of the food products they buy. The action marks the first time an
independent medical/public health organization with national stature has
endorsed a non-federal nutrition guidance system.
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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RRC RELEASES DRAFT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
The
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Preventive
Medicine Residency Review Committee (RRC) has released for public comment
proposed revisions to preventive medicine residency training requirements. The
ACGME called for the review of Preventive Medicine and several other specialties
in light of the changing regulatory and physician quality assurance landscape in
organized medicine.