NORML Provides Educational Content To TheAnswerPage.com

NORML Provides Educational Content To TheAnswerPage.com

http://norml.org/news/2013/02/28/norml-provides-educational-content-to-theanswerpagecom

Thursday, 28 February 2013



Washington, DC: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is providing educational content to the editors of The Answer Page, Inc. in an effort to better inform physicians about the science and legal issues surrounding cannabis.

The Answer Page, Inc. is an online medical educational resource founded in 1998 that provides daily education to healthcare professionals in 120 countries. TheAnswerPage (online at TheAnswerPage.com) uses the Socratic question-and-answer teaching method. The content for the website is primarily written by academic clinicians respected in their fields. All content is peer-reviewed and referenced from current texts and recent literature.

Beginning in February, theAnswerPage began featuring educational content in the area of medical marijuana. The editorial team of TheAnswerPage states: "Medical marijuana may be controversial, but it is now an important area of study in healthcare. Doctors and healthcare professionals must understand the medical, legal, social and political issues to best respond to their patients' questions and attend to their needs."

Stated NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano: "NORML recognizes that physicians and health care professionals desire balanced information regarding the safety and efficacy of cannabis as a potential therapy. NORML is pleased to provide its expertise to TheAnswerPage to assist health care professionals better understand and navigate this important public health issue."

Subscribers to TheAnswerPage receive continuing medical education (CME) credit by reading the content and completing an industry-unique Interactive Crossword Puzzle. The clues are structured to reinforce the educational material, and links are provided to the related content. Subscribers have personal educational accounts that organize their earned CME credit and allow clinicians to download, email or print CME certificates for credentialing and licensing.

TheAnswerPage.com has over 50 interactive crossword puzzles posted, for earning CME credit. New content and crosswords are posted daily.

TheAnswerPage's medical cannabis content is available at the 'syllabus;' select the pull down menu option: "Medical Marijuana -- Medical, Legal, Social, and political Issues." Free registration to the site is required.