{"id":46,"date":"2013-04-21T05:52:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T05:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2013-04-21T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T18:35:32","slug":"cme-blog-intro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/cme-blog-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"My Personal Continuing Medical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why am I doing this?<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/calvin-lee\/cme\/at%20model%20desk.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"261\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Calvin Lee, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nSurgeon, Acupuncturist, Botox &amp; Juvederm Injector, Cosmetic Vein Specialist<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve received great education so far but now it&#8217;s up to me to continue to live up to the teachers who have believed in me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Pearl River High School, New York, Valedictorian<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Brown University, Neuroscience Degree, University Scholar<\/li>\n<li>Brown University Medical School: Medical Doctor<\/li>\n<li>Became a Licensed Physician<\/li>\n<li>Then became a General Surgeon (Case Western\/Southern Illinois)<\/li>\n<li>Then became a Board Certified General Surgeon<\/li>\n<li>Then became an Acupuncturist<\/li>\n<li>Then became Cosmetic Physician<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The question is what&#8217;s next? How do I review my knowledge and experience? \u00a0How to I further my knowledge and ability?<\/p>\n<p>I am everything above and more.<\/p>\n<h3>If you can Track it, you can Improve it<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Well, let&#8217;s take my continuing education to the next level by tracking it for myself.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a big believer of tracking things. \u00a0Just ask my staff at Surgical Artistry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>I keep up and review information for my patients<\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Because I care tremendously for my patients who have put their trust in me, I strive to develop my knowledge &amp; skills to the highest level I can. Formal Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are measured in hours. But there are also many other forms of medical education which do not have &#8220;official&#8221; CME credits, and I will list some of them here as well.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0I need to design and be in charge of my own continued education since my professional interests don&#8217;t exactly follow the path of other established groups of physicians.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">This page is sort of an experiment. I&#8217;m pretty sure that I can&#8217;t list everything I do here. But I&#8217;m using this page as a note pad in which I can refer back to. \u00a0By the way, there is no medical advice intended on the page.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0My Chosen Path in Medicine\/Surgery is not traditional<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Trained as an MD in Surgery<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Developed an interest in trauma<\/li>\n<li>Became an Acupuncturist in addition<\/li>\n<li>Became a Cosmetic Physician doing minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus I need to be in charge of my unique situation. \u00a0So many learning opportunities around me.<\/p>\n<h3>To use this blog as an online notebook<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always learned better when I took notes. \u00a0Well, perhaps my notes will be of use to other surgeons and physicians. \u00a0Furthermore, even if I learned something, continual review of my notes are useful. \u00a0By putting these notes on here, they are on the &#8220;cloud&#8221; of the internet!<\/p>\n<h3>To use this as a way to track my efforts<\/h3>\n<p>Like a running log. \u00a0It&#8217;s something I think I&#8217;d be proud of when I&#8217;d look back to see what I&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n<h3>To Share with Other Doctors<\/h3>\n<p>You never know who else might benefit from this and get inspired to kick up the self-directed learning up a notch. \u00a0There is still education that continues for a lifetime:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">after becoming a doctor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">then after becoming Licensed doctor<\/span><\/li>\n<li>then becoming a well trained Surgeon<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">and after becoming a Board Certified Surgeon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>This is where I am now! &#8211; now in charge of my own self directed learning! \u00a0This is a great place to be!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have been a licensed doctor in Ohio, Illinois, and California. \u00a0I currently just hold the license in California.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 1.142857143rem; line-height: 1.846153846;\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/cme-blog\/\">Enter Dr. Calvin Lee&#8217;s CME BLOG<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.142857143rem; line-height: 1.846153846;\">\u00a0 \u2190(click here!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/calvin-lee\/cme\/\">Previous CME web page before using wordpress<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0basically this was for the month of March, 2013 &#8211; before I explored using blogs to write this<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why am I doing this? \u00a0 Calvin Lee, MD Surgeon, Acupuncturist, Botox &amp; Juvederm Injector, Cosmetic Vein Specialist I&#8217;ve received great education so far but now it&#8217;s up to me to continue to live up to the teachers who have believed in me. 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