July 1, 2004

Cover Story

Do Lectures Deliver?

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Sue Pelletier

Just thinking about going to an interactive session makes my hands start to sweat, says one physician, who prefers to remain anonymous. I have no idea...

Checkup

CME at Risk

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Tamar Hosansky Editor thosansky@primediabusiness.com

I've heard about a disturbing development: Several pharmaceutical companies may stop their funding of CME because of the current regulatory environment....

Feedback

Letters to the Editor

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM

New Standards Under Fire Dear Editor: I read your article Don't Relax Yet [June issue] with great interest. As the CEO of an Accreditation Council for...

CME

The 2004 CME Olympics

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

IT HAPPENS ONLY once every four years, rotates among different locales, attracts people from all over the world, and is very competitive. No, we're not...

Switching Sides

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Tamar Hosansky

After a 30-year law career, during which he won more than $10 million in medical malpractice cases against physicians, Robert Dowd decided to switch sides...

SPEAK OUT: Robert H. Fletcher, MD

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

PROTECT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ruled in September that journal publishers could not...

Study Finds CME Can Shift Behavior

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

According to a nationwide study released recently by the Pri-Med Institute, Boston, effective CME can cause significant shifts in the clinical practice...

Rethink Excessive Documentation Requirements

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Robert F. Orsetti

A LEADING MEDICAL institution now requires 32 pages of explanatory notes and forms covering 18 distinct categories to validate its grand rounds CME activity....

Sustain the Change

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Joseph S. Green Robert E. Kristofco James C. Leist

NOW THAT YOU'VE experienced little victories in moving your CME organization to its desired vision, it's time to develop momentum toward achieving your...

Implementing the New Standards Part One: Disclosure Decisions

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Steven M. Passin

ONE OF THE most important aspects of the new Accreditation Council for CME Standards for Commercial Support is the requirement that providers must have...

Different Strokes FOR Different Docs

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Sue Pelletier

Are there differences in learning preferences among doctors in various specialties? That's the question that researchers from the University of Toronto...

Meeting Management

Webster Wins M&D Raffle

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

Congratulations to Kenneth Webster, executive director of Osteopathic Medical Societies in Largo, Fla., who was the lucky winner of Medical Meetings'...

HCEA Rocks Austin

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

EVERYTHING'S OVERSIZED in the Lone Star state, including the Healthcare and Exhibitors Association 2004 Annual Meeting, which was held June 12 to 15 in...

Environmentally Friendly Hotels

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Tyra Hilliard

CLAUSE: Green Your Hotel Group expects Hotel will identify, recommend, and use as many environmentally responsible practices as possible and feasible...

Branding in Uncertain Times

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Jennifer Goodwin

THESE DAYS, it seems the guidelines and regulations around meeting planning are changing faster than the price of gas! With so much uncertainty, it's...

Listen to Your Exhibitors

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Sue Pelletier

How far do you really go to keep your exhibitors satisfied? Holding a post-show meeting to get feedback, or hosting a getting to know the show management...

Pop Quiz

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Jed R. Mandel

IT'S THAT TIME again. The school year has ended. Summer's in full swing. But take a break from the fun for a moment and try this little quiz to see if...

Pharma Meetings

Medsite Offers Legal Incentives for Docs

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Tamar Hosansky

NOW THAT PHARMA companies can no longer entice doctors to attend promotional programs with promises of baseball tickets, golf games, and fancy dinners,...

MECCs, Meetings, and Monaco

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

What could possibly be the downside of having the reputation of being the fun center of the world? According to a small group of medical education and...

On MECCs' Minds

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Edited by Sue Pelletier

Medical education and communication company representatives who attended a Monaco focus group (see main story this page) had other issues on their minds:...

Give Them the World: Globoforce Partners with eBay

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Susan Hatch

What motivates your people? Incentive organizers can't know for sure, so they make educated guesses and fill reward catalogs with trips, electronics,...

Et Tu, Europe? More Bad News for Female Planners

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Barbara Scofidio

Last year at this time, Medical Meetings' sister magazine, Association Meetings, published the results of a groundbreaking salary survey that showed a...

Cost Control, Compliance Control

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Alison Hall

I magine this: You have a meeting to book. You call a property. Space is available. Your job is done. Think something is missing? Not if you've got a...

Special Section

2004 M&D Award Winners

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM

Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving...

Second Opinion

Teach the Teachers

Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Sue Pelletier

I WALKED AWAY from this year's CME Congress in Toronto with 35 pages of single-spaced typed notes, a stack of handouts, and a head stuffed to bursting....