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FDA Medical Bulletin * Summer 1997 * Volume 27 Number 2

MEDWATCH CONTINUING
EDUCATION ARTICLE

The medWatch office is offering a continuing education article, "The Clinical Impact of Adverse Event Reporting." FDA's monitoring of the continued safety of marketed medical products depends greatly on reporting of adverse events by health professionals. An understanding of how FDA uses this information, and of the limitations and strengths of the national postmarketing surveillance system, underscores the importance of this professional responsibility to the public health. The article is approved for 2 hours of complimentary medical or pharmacy continuing education credit. Health professionals can request a copy of the article by calling (301) 443-0117, faxing 1-(800) 332-0178, or writing to medWatch, HF-2, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. The article is also available on the World Wide Web (www.fda.gov/medwatch), and health professionals can take the test and submit their answers electronically. The program expires March 31, 1998. The mailing to members of medWatch partner organizations began in January 1997 and will continue throughout the summer.

Thanks to the following organizations that have provided their membership mailing lists on self-adhesive labels since the publication of the March 1997 FDA Medical Bulletin:

Thanks also to the American Society of Bariatric Physicians which printed the entire article in its journal.

There is still time for organizations to send self-adhesive mailing labels. Contact Gale G. White, Deputy Director, medWatch, FDA, at (301) 443-0117.

REPORT SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS AND PRODUCT PROBLEMS TO MEDWATCH
1-800-FDA-1088

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