Accredited Continuing Education Programs For Physicians*
Videoclinic on Hypertension (two one-hour programs)
Risk Management of the Hypertensive Patient
(A six-unit self-instructional program for primary care physicians in the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Italy, Mexico, Canada, and other countries; approximately 500 pages)
Cardiovascular Concepts: Long-Term Management of Hypertension
Rheumatology Rounds: Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis
Outpatient Administration of Chemotherapy
*most of these include learning objectives, clinical guide, pretest, posttest, and clinical challenges
For Pharmacists and Nurses
Renal Disease (four modules: Acute Kidney Failure, Radiocontrast-Induced Neuropathy, Acute Tubular Necrosis, and Economic Considerations in Renal Disease)
For Nurses
Needlestick Prevention (three programs: Prevention, Postexposure Management, and Psychological Counseling)
Educational / Product Knowledge Training Programs for Pharmaceutical Representatives
Bipolar Disease and Antimanic Agents
Cancer, Hypercalcemia, and Drug Therapy
Cardiovascular System:
General (many projects)
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors
Digestive System:
Antacids
Bile Acids Learning System
Digestive System, Urinary System, and Ostomy Products
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Laxatives
Liquid Nutritional Products
Nausea and Vomiting; Antiemetic Agents
Nutritional Supplements
Infectious Disease:
Antimicrobial Agents
HIV/AIDS
Inhalational Anesthetic Agents
Pain and Analgesic Therapy
Powered Instruments and Surgical Procedures
Respiratory Disease:
Respiratory Disease and Bronchodilator Therapy
Obstructive Airway Disease and Drug Therapy
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Urinary/Renal System:
Ostomy Learning Program (three modules: Digestive system, Urinary system, and Ostomy Products)
Urinary Incontinence and Other Abnormalities of Urination
Urinary System, Abnormalities of Urination, Urinary Products, and Managing Urinary Incontinence
Wounds, Wound Management, and Wound Management Products
Manuals
Diagnostic Test Kits for Identifying Risk in Pregnant Women
The Chemistry Laboratory, General Chemistry, and an Automated Chemistry Analyzer for measuring CK-Total and CK-B
Training Manual for Case Management Nurses (a 300-page book)
Medical Monographs
Hospital Formulary Monograph on Antiarrhythmic Agents
Chemonucleolysis: The Pharmacist’s Role
Hypertension Modular Monograph
Surgeons’ Monograph on Chemonucleolysis
Profiles in Nutritional Management: The GI Patient
New Dimensions in Infusion Therapy: The Use of Infusion Pumps in Surgery and Anesthesiology
Dietary Modifications in Disease: Mental and Physical Disabilities
New Dimensions in Infusion Therapy: The Use of Infusion Pumps in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Human Papilloma Virus
Brochures
Administering Chemotherapy by Infusion in the Home
Continuous Ambulatory Infusion of Chemotherapy
Recent Findings in Diabetes
Patient Information Booklets
Endodontics (seven booklets)
Ask Your Doctor
Your Disc Problem
Substantive editing of three booklets: Understanding ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography); Understanding Bowel Prep Before Colonoscopy; Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease (GERD) (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)
Books
The Diabetes Leading Edge Series (softcover and ebooks): Blood Glucose Levels and Diabetes Control; Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Diagnostic Tests; and Prediabetes: Beating the Odds of Getting Type 2 Diabetes (with Clyde Goodheart, MD, MBA, MS) (Best eWay Publications)
The Wild Place (ASJA Press; suspense novel)
Diabetes (Franklin Watts; Awarded Honorable Mention, the Beth Fonda Award for Excellence in Communication for a Lay Audience, 1991, by the Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association)
A Year on the Desert (Prentice-Hall; natural history)
Contributor to: Tools of the Writer’s Trade (HarperCollins); The Complete Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Writers Digest Books); Issues and Response (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich); Health Education in the Elementary School (Goodyear Publishing Company); The USA: Customs and Institutions (Simon and Schuster); and Health (the Southwestern Company)
Magazine Articles
Formerly, contributor to Better Homes & Gardens, Companion, Direction (CNA), Family Weekly, Greatlakes, Holiday Inn Magazine, Home ‘N Away Magazine, Hospital Management Quarterly, Journal of the National Association of Retail Druggists, Lady’s Circle, Materials Management Journal, Northwestern Report (Northwestern University), Today’s Family, Today’s Health (former consumer magazine of the American Medical Association), Together, Trailer Travel, other magazines
Miscellaneous
Currently, Contributing Writer, Addiction Treatment Forum (monthly newsletter and website)
Quick Reference Guide to Antithrombotic Therapy (annual publication; five issues) summaries of research papers presented at symposia on antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy); American College of Chest Physicians
Meeting coverage of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Physicians Forum (newsletter)
RSV Focus: Approaches to Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pediatric Respiratory Disease (newsletter)
Project Development and Management, Porter Henry & Co., Inc.
Contract Writer, Clinical Studies for FDA submission
Contract Writer, Clinical Studies, Calcium Channel Blockers
Fact Sheet: Incontinence and the Elderly
Preparation of manuscripts for publication: Video Transurethral Resection: Report of 200 Cases; and Clinical Study of Leuprolide Depot Formulation in the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer; J. Widran, MD
Medical Abstracts (substantive editing)
I.V. Medications: Users’ Manual
Symposium Summary: Dietary Modifications in Diabetes
Medical Backgrounders (white papers) and News Materials
Disease Descriptions: Summaries of medical information, presented in a former online data base for physicians, sponsored by the American Medical Association
Audiovisual Programs
Film and Videotape:
Practical Approaches to Interventional Cardiology
Kidney Transplantation (Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center)
Diabetes: Meals and Physical Activity, and Diabetes in Adults
Incontinence and the Elderly (videotape and audiocassette)
Controlling Your Diabetes; a series: How to Test Your Urine, How to Monitor Your Blood Glucose Levels, and How to Inject Your Insulin
Three 12-minute programs for patients; winner of the Sight/Sound Award for excellence in medical communications in broadcast and audiovisual media; presented by the Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association, 1986
Chemonucleolysis, a 10-minute program for patients
Video Scenarios, Home Therapy Training Workshops
Chemonucleolysis: The Double-Needle Technique
A 27-minute program for physicians. Awarded Honorable Mention, the Morris Fishbein Award for Distinguished Achievement in Medical Writing, by the Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association, 1984
Rhinoplasty; a 15-minute program for patients
Chemonucleolysis: A Therapeutic Choice; a 24-minute program for physicians
The Simple Alternative: Peripheral Vein Total Parenteral Nutrition; a 17-minute program for physicians
Video Clinic on Hypertension; two one-hour programs for physicians
Slide Cassette:
Eastman Kodak Series:
Four programs: The Ektachem Analyzer, Dry Chemistry, Slide Technology, Instrumentation, and Economic Analysis; for physicians, chemists, hospital administrators, and laboratory personnel, describing a Kodak automated clinical chemistry analyzer
The Hypertensive Patient
A 15-minute program for pharmaceutical representatives; awarded a Special Citation by the Greater Chicago Area Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association, 1979
Slide/Lecture Guides:
Inhalational Anesthesia (co-writer)
Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
Pressure Ulcers in Institutional Settings
Use of Benzodiazepines by the Primary Care Physician
Speaker/Teacher Kit on Immunosuppressive Agents
Audiocassettes:
Antimicrobial Agents (three audiotapes)