In case you were not able to tune into one of the many, many major networks who carried our prize drawing extravaganza this morning, here are the winners of “Liar Liar CMEpalooza Pants on Fire” sponsor event.

• Jeannine Creazzo, MLIS, MBA, AHIP, Director, Medical Library, Continuing Education, and Research, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
• Dana Zook, Assistant Director, Program Development, Office of Chief Operating Officer, ASHP
• Cindy Davidson, Scientific Editor, Global Learning Collaborative
• Michelle Hu, PhD, Manager, Scientific Affairs, PRIME Education
• Jenni Binon, CME Analyst, Continuing Medical Education Office, Advocate Aurora Health

They each won a $100 Amazon gift card to blow on something totally frivolous and unnecessary. Thanks to everyone who participated in our sponsor event, and a hearty “Huzzah” to our winners. And if you didn’t win, surely you saw that we are giving away even more money this week. With our generosity, it’s amazing we still have enough left over to feed our families.

Back in the days before cellphones were less ubiquitous in our everyday lives and a smartwatch meant one of those sweet Casio calculator watches (side note: in elementary school, my friend Jerry got a Pac-Man watch for his birthday, one that you could actually play Pac-Man on, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever invented. How could you ever be bored again with a Pac-Man game right on your wrist??), I dropped an old school pedometer in my active 8-year-old’s pants pocket to see how many steps he would record in a normal school day. When he came home, I took it out to see how he did.

30,000. He took 30,000 steps between leaving for school in the morning and returning home around 3:30 pm. He might have broken the pedometer if I had left it in his pocket for the rest of the day.

Fortunately, child labor laws demand that 8-year-olds attend school rather than seek employment with any CME/CE companies, thus rendering them ineligible for the CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge and giving the rest of us a chance to win.

What is the CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge you ask? Allow me to elaborate.

• The challenge begins today (April 3) and will go until the end of the day on Sunday (April 9)
• The challenge is to record at least 10,000 steps a one day. For each day during the challenge period that you record 10,000 steps, please send in a screenshot of your step-counting device with the number of recorded steps, either by email (thecmeguy@gmail.com) or text (267-666-0CME [0263]). Please include the following information:
  • Screenshot of number of steps
  • Name
  • Email
  • Physical mailing address
  • T-shirt size (please remember to include this!)
• Each screenshot submitted is an entry into a random drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card (there are five gift cards; you cannot win more than one.) Winners will be drawn during the week of CMEpalooza Spring.
• The person who records and submits the most steps in one day wins a $250 Amazon gift card
• Everyone who enters will receive a CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge performance T-shirt from Talem Health. They’re pretty great, see?
  
• In lieu of an entrance fee, we are asking everyone to please consider joining CMEpalooza and Talem Health in making a donation to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The recommended amount is $25, or whatever you are comfortable giving. Please follow this link to make a donation.

Thanks everyone and good luck!

CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge sponsored by:

Psst. Hey you. Yeah, you, the one with the crumbs from your Cherry Pop-Tart on your chin (don’t worry, no one else has noticed).

I talked to your boss this morning and she told me you could take 30 minutes out of your busy day this morning to participate in our special sponsor event, ‘Liar Liar CMEpalooza Pants on Fire.’

You do know that entries close tomorrow (Friday, March 31) at 5 pm ET, right? And that if you play, you will have a very good chance to win one of five $100 Amazon gift cards we are giving away? I know you’ve been eying up a new pair of Air Pods.

So here’s what you do – go into your calendar and put down a meeting from 11-1130 am. Call it, “Million Dollar Idea” so it looks special and legit. No one is going to bother you, I promise.

And then at 11 am, just check out our post from Monday with all of the details you’ll need to play. You figure out the truths, you figure out the lies, and then you send me your winning entry forms. Easy peasy.

You’re welcome.