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Dan Burgess The career of Dan Burgess has encompassed two main areas: the education of health care professionals; and the review of quality systems. Now as Vice President, Education, Global Operations and Development for the American Academy of CME he will be able to combine these two areas of expertise in the provision of quality education. Dan will assume this new position in January 2008. Dan started his career in education, responsible for the development plans of a department of quality systems auditors. As a qualified auditor himself, both in the GxP’s, (Laboratory, Manufacturing and Clinical) and international standards (ISO) he has often said that a quality audit is in itself a trip around the educational cycle. Once established as an expert in this area and regularly providing training programs around the globe Dan moved in two ways: over into curricula development for medical staff across twenty-seven countries; and from his base in the UK to the USA. “I was promoted to develop educational systems to improve educational outcomes where the needs had been identified through audit”. Traveling widely and seeing many quality and accreditation systems first hand, Dan was active in the design, provision and tracking of education for Pfizer’s internal medical staff across these countries and for healthcare professionals involved in the design and management of clinical trials. This stage in his career gave the chance to demonstrate innovation in both publications and film work with recognition for his publication of SYNAPSE and awards for the use of new media in interactive curricula. Dan’s next move was brought about by a combination of industry changes, the OIG, the ACCME, and mergers within Pfizer. Moving rapidly into CME full time, and the development of industry strategies to narrow independently identified healthcare gaps. Dan was a key player in the development of Pfizer’s initial CME systems to meet OIG audit requirements and responsible for the coordination of activities in many therapeutic areas - Urology, Respiratory (COPD/ Smoking Cessation), Cardiovascular, and Oncology. Becoming increasingly frustrated by the negative perceptions of industry Dan is back in the provision of quality education as Vice President, Education, Global Operations and Development of the American Academy of CME where he intends to make a difference in the perception of educational provision to healthcare providers and the positive impact on patient health. |