FAQ & Help

General

MDBriefCase, a Think Research company, specializes in accredited, online continuing professional development (CPD) programs, custom tailored for specific international markets and available on a convenient online platform.

All content is developed by leading specialists and peer-reviewed by experts at respected institutions, which keeps more than 280,000 global healthcare professionals at the forefront of the latest evidence and protocols worldwide.

The vast majority of our programs are accredited by one or more respected institutions. We do provide unaccredited content to ensure that healthcare professionals have access to relevant practical resources in addition to accredited learning.

Specific accrediting information (including the accrediting body, along with the type and number of credits) can be found on the “Main” page and/or “Accreditation” page of each program. In order to qualify for accreditation and obtain your certificate, you must successfully complete the requirements listed on the “Accreditation” or “CME Information” pages available in each program.

MDBriefCase works with various institutions to provide peer-reviewed, up-to-date accredited content. Our programs and resources are provided via collaboration between medical writers, faculty members, associations, universities and other relevant organizations. The content you were recommended is likely valued by your society or association and is conveniently provided to you free of charge on an MDBriefCase platform.

Specific accrediting information (including the accrediting body, along with the type and number of credits) can be found on the “Main” page and/or “Accreditation” page of each program. In order to qualify for accreditation and obtain your certificate, you must successfully complete the requirements listed on the “Accreditation” or “CME Information” pages available in each program.

Membership

No, registration with MDBriefCase is free!

To access your profile, visit My Profile. If you would like to update the information here don’t forget to hit the ‘save’ button when you are finished.

If you have forgotten your password, you can reset your password. To access this page from the Login page, click Forgot password. Enter the email address you registered with and you will receive an email with a link to reset your password.

Please note: if you submitted multiple password resets, only the link on the most recent email is valid.

You can unsubscribe from MDBriefCase emails by clicking the Unsubscribe link located at the bottom of the email.

Learning Events

Clinical eAudits are patient health management (PHM) programs that allow physicians to complete accredited learning and apply knowledge into practice through use of their EMR system, thus improving patient management and outcomes.

Currently, these programs are only available to physicians in Australia and to select groups of physicians in Canada. If you have registered with MDBriefCase, please ensure that you are subscribed to receive our email updates. When we have a program that suits your practice, we’ll reach out. If you’ve not yet registered, click here to find your country, explore programs and register.

A needs assessment is a survey that MDBriefCase posts on the website and sends to members to help us determine what your educational needs are. By completing a needs assessment you are helping us determine the learning objectives and shape the content provided to you within the programs on MDBriefCase.

Our programs are currently available for specific countries. If we have not developed a particular program specifically for your region, you will have access to general international content. We are always working with accreditors, societies, associations and universities in your region with the aim of providing additional relevant content.

If you are in the middle of a program and are unable to finish it, your progress will be saved for a later date. To view a list of all programs that you’ve started, visit My Courses:

  1. Log in to MDBriefCase.
  2. In the upper-right corner of the homepage, next to the search bar, click your name.
  3. Click My Courses in the dropdown menu.

You can view a list of all the programs you have participated in by clicking “Course History” at the upper right corner of every page in the program or from the homepage. Here you will find a list of completed programs, programs in progress, and a link to view all completed programs that follow our older program format.

Yes, the site keeps track of where you left off in a program. If you leave the program, log out of the site and come back later (at any time), once you enter the program you will be taken straight back to where you left off.

Programs are available on our site for approximately 12 months. This is the length of time for which they are accredited by their accrediting bodies. If you desire access to program content after the program expiry date, you can contact us to inquire about receiving a PDF copy of the program content.

Once a program has expired it can no longer be accessed. The expiry date of a program is available on the main page, below the accreditation information. All accreditation requirements must be met before this date.

Technical

Yes. MDBriefCase programs can be accessed from your desktop, tablet or smart phone. When you register and begin a program, your account will remember where you left off, making it easy to begin a program on one device, and complete it on another.

Unfortunately, not all the resources are available in every language. We work to find content in relevant languages, but some research, expert videos and resources may only be available in English. Wherever possible, we have included content in a language that is relevant to your region.

If you are experiencing issues when you click to start a course, please log out of MDBriefCase and log back in using the Logout link in the Account menu item at the top of your screen.

If you are experiencing issues when completing the pre-course survey, please ensure that you have a stable internet connection. Then, please open a private window (such as Incognito mode for Chrome), log into your MDBriefCase account, navigate to the course and try accessing the pre-course survey again.

If you need additional help, please contact us.

Author Agreement

In submitting your work (the “Work”) for potential posting on the MDBriefCase Healthcare Leadership Academy website (the “Website”), you (“You”) expressly agree to the following:

Review: MDBriefCase is pleased to consider the publication of Your Work on the Website.   The suitability of the Work for posting shall be determined by MDBRiefCase at its sole discretion. Nothing herein shall obligate MDBriefcase to post or otherwise publish the Work, or the maintain its posting in future.   

Editing; Identification: MDBriefcase shall have the right to edit the Work to conform to our standards of style, technological requirements, language usage, grammar and punctuation, provided that the meaning of the Work is not materially altered.  If posted, You will be identified as the author of the Work, or co-author if applicable.  

Grant of Rights:  As a condition of publication and for no monetary compensation, You hereby grant to MDBriefCase the following rights to the Work in any and all media whether now existing or hereafter developed, including print and electronic/digital formats:  (1) the exclusive right of first publication worldwide;  (2) the perpetual non-exclusive worldwide right to publish, reproduce, distribute, sell, adapt, perform, display, sublicense, and create derivative works, alone or in conjunction with other materials; (3) the perpetual non-exclusive worldwide right to use the Work, or any part thereof, in any other publication produced by MDBriefCase and/or on MDBriefCase’s website; and (4) the perpetual non-exclusive worldwide right to use the Work to promote and publicize MDBriefCase or its publications.  The grant of rights survives termination or expiration of this Agreement.    

Warranty:  You warrant that the Work is original with You and that it is not subject to any third party copyright; that You have authority to grant the rights in this Agreement; that publication of the Work will not libel anyone or infringe on or invade the rights of others; that You have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement; that the Work has not been published elsewhere in whole or in part; and that You have obtained permission from the copyright owner consistent with this Agreement for any third party copyrighted material in the Work.  This warranty survives termination or expiration of this Agreement.

Submission Agreement

Thank you for your interest in writing an article for the MDBriefCase Healthcare Leadership Academy website.

Audience and Appropriate Topics

The  Healthcare Leadership Academy welcomes submissions on all topics relevant to leaders in healthcare. Our topics include Leading in Healthcare, Leadership Lessons from COVID-19 and others. We prioritize stories that provide leadership advice to executives and managers in healthcare companies, offer actionable strategies for executing successful projects, and provide interesting angles on current healthcare topics. Submissions must be original work of the authors and unpublished.  When submitting, authors represent that they have included no material that is in violation of the rights of any other person or entity.

Parameters

Articles must be educational and non-promotional. If they mention the author’s company or any of the company’s products or services by name within the text, such mention should be very limited and used for reference only, not for promotion. (For example, an author might cite a survey conducted by his company but not describe his company’s product as a solution to a business problem.) Articles will be edited for clarity, style and brevity. The final headline is determined by the editor.

Length of Submissions

Guest articles for the MDBriefCase Healthcare Leadership Academy may run between 500 and 1000 words. 

Review

MDBriefCase reserves the right to accept or reject any submission  and the right to condition acceptance upon revision of material to conform to its criteria.   

No Compensation

There is no payment for contributed articles. However, MDBriefCase will give the author a byline. Authors are invited to link to the article on personal  websites, corporate websites and social media platforms.

Author Agreements

Each author understands and agrees that any submission accepted for posting is provided subject to MDBriefCase’s Author Agreement