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SLACK Incorporated's Periodicals Project Group
produces sponsored print and multimedia custom publications for a wide variety
of clients and health care specialties. Its goal is to disseminate
cutting-edge, accurate information to health care professionals for educational
purposes. The Periodicals Project Group is global — publications are
printed in a variety of languages and often publications are translated for
targeted audiences. The Periodicals Project Group's custom publications are
produced in a variety of formats, from 8-page newsletters to 160-page
supplements to interactive multimedia products on the Internet.
Project
categories include:
- monographs
- peer-reviewed supplements
- newsletters
- convention daily newspapers
- multimedia (CD-ROMs, videos)
- interactive media
- Internet-based projects
Many of the Periodicals Project Group's publications are
developed and implemented as supplements or adjuncts to SLACK's prestigious
periodicals. These projects offer sponsors a unique advantage as a result of
the parent publications' high readership, established credibility and clinical
value.
The Periodicals Project Group produces more than 60 projects each
year. Highlights of these projects include:
 New Paradigm for the Clinical Management of Glaucoma
A monograph to the September 15, 2000 issue of Ocular Surgery News. The monograph highlighted a roundtable
discussion on the new treatment approach to glaucoma and on the newest agents
available.
Risk Assessment and Novel Therapeutic Approaches: Reducing the Incidence and Recurrence of DVT in the Surgical Setting
The June 2000 supplement to Orthopedics®,
a peer-reviewed journal, explored the areas of DVT assessment and management.
 APA Meetings Highlights
Monograph to the November 2000 issue of Psychiatric Annals highlighting satellite symposia
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
Orthopedics Hyperguide™
Interactive, educational Web site for orthopedic professionals
consisting of 9 modules encompassing all areas of orthopedics. Each module includes tutorials, online lectures,
and self-assessment questions.
www.ortho.hyperguides.com.
The Orthopedics Hyperguide™ is one in a series of Hyperguides.
 NTI News
Live convention daily newspaper published 4 times during the American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses' Annual Meeting.
Vision Restoration
Each issue of this quarterly newsletter consists of original articles related to the full range of
ophthalmic topics and is circulated exclusively to the Asia Pacific Region.
Special emphasis is placed on topics of high interest in the Pacific Rim.
American Academy of Family Physician's Lecture Highlights
CD-ROM highlighting the main-stage lectures at the annual meeting of the AAFP. CD-ROM included an
opportunity to earn CME credit.
MED E-M@IL
Weekly, Med-EM@IL will deliver customized packages of peer-reviewed Medline abstracts directly to the
computer of a physician or other health care professional. Physicians who need information on the Internet
often turn to Medline when seeking material on a particular topic. Med-EM@IL assists physicians on this
search by providing them with the abstracts they need.
The staff of the Periodicals Project Group includes project editors, who specialize in different
fields of health care. Each project editor has excellent editing, writing, project management, and
production skills.
The mission of the Periodicals Project Group is to produce timely, accurate publications that fulfill
the educational needs of the readership and audience, and exceed client expectations and
satisfaction.
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