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F D Lathrop

Publications and source records attributed to F D Lathrop.

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PubMed1980

Continuing medical education: who needs it?

Continuing medical education is rapidly growing. During the four-year period between 1974-75 and 1978-79, the number of continuing medical education courses in otolaryngology increased 136%. It has become a mandatory requirement for membership in 19 state medical societies and is also a mandatory requirement for relicensure in 12 states. Although voluntary continuing medical education has proved to be satisfactory in maintaining a physician's competency in the past, the present trend is toward mandatory continuing medical education in order to ensure better health care for the public. Methods of obtaining continuing medical education are discussed and suggestions made as to how these could be improved.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1976

A critical analysis of current trends in the management of Bell's palsy.

The treatment of Bell's palsy has been a controversial subject for many years. During the past 10 years 152 papers pertaining to this affection of the facial nerve have apperaed in the American literature. Ninety-seven of these were general discussions of the etiology, pathology, prognosis and treatment of this condition: 20 were concerned with ascertaining the status of the facial nerve by electrical tests and four with the activity of the chorda tympani nerve in patients with Bell's palsy. The remaining 31 articles specifically discussed the treatment of Bell's palsy. As a result of this obvious interest in Bell's palsy, one would expect that the treatment of this affection of the facial nerve would be more or less uniform at this time. This is not the case, however, for the literature demonstrates it to be in a state of flux. Although steroid therapy has replaced other regimens of medical therapy to a large extent, surgical intervention still has its proponents. It is interesting to note that at the time of this review of the literature, no report of a controlled, double-blind study of the efficacy of steroid therapy for Bell's palsy has appeared in the American literature.

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone↗