"The outstanding work of the CME group conducting qualitative research has helped us determine physician perspectives on the appropriate use of medications.  This is leading us to generate new hypotheses that will improve patient health."

Paul Mutner, Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Epidemiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL

"The nominal groups gave us the context we needed to understand why many patients do not receive the drug regimens recommended in cardiology guidelines.  The UAB CME Division worked closely with us to develop a rigorous study and analyze and interpret the results appropriately."

Emily B. Levitan, ScD
Department of Epidemiology
UAB School of Public Health - Birmingham, AL

“It was a pleasure working with the CME division at UAB on our nominal groups. They were highly professional, efficient, and responsive to questions throughout the project. Nominal group panelists also applauded the nominal group moderator for his efforts. I would highly recommend the CME division at UAB if you are interested in incorporating nominal groups into your research or quality improvement projects.”

Ian M Kronish, MD, MPH, FAHA
Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health
Division of General Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY 10032

"Even simple questions in medicine can have complex answers when clinical application is involved. Discussion groups like these offer insights with greater depth and multiple perspectives shed technical and anecdotal light on common practice experiences. Data worth collecting to provide us with useful tools to complete our mission to foster healing."

Micah Howard MD
Family Medicine
Decatur, AL

“The UAB discussion groups are valuable because they allow for a useful exchange of ideas between clinicians from around the nation.”

Gary Kolb DO
Family Medicine
Bay Minette, AL

"Participating in the Nominal Group Discussions was very enjoyable and rewarding.  The other physicians reinforced some of my previous knowledge and I learned new techniques for tackling patient compliance issues."

Deborah Monteforte, DO
Family Medicine
Watchung, NJ