InterAct distance education courses: study medical management from the comfort of your home!

Physician Executive, Sept-Oct, 2005

I was extremely pleased with the quality of the material, lectures and
discussions. The format made me feel like I had a personal relationship
with the instructors, even though this is distance learning.
--William Biermann, MD
Vice President, Blue Bell, PA

InterAct courses come in many shapes and sizes.

Some InterAct courses include video on CD, some come with an audio track with PowerPoint presentations, and others are completely Web-based text courses. No matter what the format, InterAct courses can be taken on virtually any home or office computer.

Full InterAct courses include online sessions with faculty. These sessions are 3 to 6 weeks in length, but you don't ever have to be online at a particular time of day. The discussions and case studies that take place during the scheduled online sessions are required for graduate degree or board certification credit.

InterAct Express courses do not include a scheduled online session. These are complete, self-study courses that you take at your own pace as your schedule permits.

Graduate degree and board certification credit

Most InterAct courses provide credit toward graduate management degrees with our university partners: Carnegie Mellon University, Tulane University, University of Massachusetts and University of Southern California. For more information about our graduate programs visit: www.acpe.org/degrees. The credit can also be used toward board certification with the certifying commission in medical management. For more information visit: www.ccmm.org

To register for any of the InterAct courses, call ACPE at 800-562-8088 or visit our Web site at www.acpe.org/interact

ACPE InterAct Courses

Here's a catalog of our current InterAct courses and a brief course description.

For more detailed course descriptions, visit ACPE online at www.acpe.org/interact or call 800-562-8088.

Ethical Challenges of Physician Executives

** How much treatment is too much when a patient is terminally ill?

** When an HIV patient practices risky behavior, how do you balance the patient's right to privacy against public welfare?

** Informed consent, confidentiality, ethics in managed care and the physician and organization's roles are the focus of this course.

Faculty: Laurence McCullough, PhD

                    Full Interact       Express Version
                    Course              (self study)

CME                 12                  5
Graduate Credits    12 Core             --
Online Session      Yes (3 weeks)*      No
Technology          Video on CD         Video on CD
Price               $625 members        $325 members
                    $700 non-members    $400 non-members

Essentials of Health Law

** This course will give you an understanding of laws pertaining to health care organizations.

** You'll also focus on specific areas, including:

- HIPAA and patient rights

- Stark legislation, antitrust traps, employment contracts

- Peer review, disruptive practitioners, practitioner health

** Plus current legal trends and rulings and how they apply to your organization.

Faculty: Susan Lapenta, JD * Henry Casale, JD

                    Full Interact       Express Version
                    Course              (self study)

CME                 14                  8
Graduate Credits    14 Core             --
Online Session      Yes (3 weeks)*      No
Technology          Video on CD         Video on CD
Price               $625 members        $325 members
                    $700 non-members    $400 non-members

Financial Decision Making

** The ability to apply financial principles and concepts to decision making is critical for the physician executive, but is often a mystifying blend of mechanical calculation and confusing theories.

** This course provides the knowledge and skills to turn the mysteries into tools you can use to shape your organization's strategic future.

Faculty: Robert Kauer, PhD

Steven Finkler, PhD

                    Full Interact        Express Version
                    Course               (self study)

CME                 24                   12
Graduate Credits    24 Core              --
Online Session      Yes (6 weeks)*       No
Technology          Video on CD          Video on CD
Price               $1250 members        $650 members
                    $1400 non-members    $800 non-members

Managing Physician Performance

** This course will provoke your thinking about managing performance and vastly improve your practical knowledge through role-playing, case studies and exercises.

** You'll learn about recruiting to hire the right candidate the first time, establishing performance expectations, giving informal and formal feedback, and handling the marginal performer.

Faculty: Howard Kirz, MD, MBA, FACPE * Susan Cejka * Timothy Keogh, PhD

                    Full Interact        Express Version
                    Course               (self study)

CME                 24                   13
Graduate Credits    24 Core              --
Online Session      Yes (6 weeks)*       No
Technology          Video on CD          Video on CD
Price               $1250 members        $650 members
                    $1400 non-members    $800 non-members