December 1, 2006 MM
Cover Story
Accreditation Council for CME Releases New Accreditation Criteria
No one seemed to see it coming when, just after Labor Day, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education dropped a bomb on the CME provider...
Checkup
A Modicum of Respect
This Fall, a close friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent surgery, and began radiation treatments. ...
Feedback
Letters to the Editor
Pride and Partnership Dear Editor: Imagine my surprise and delight to see myself reflected in the September/October Editor's Note [Pride and Partnership]!...
CME
Collaboration Challenges: New Paths Ahead
AMA Conference Report The American Medical Association's National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference, held October 17 to 18...
Pharma's Top Collaboration Challenges
At the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference, held in October in Baltimore, CME professionals who work in the pharmaceutical...
Risk Management
Toward Self-Assessment
With the recent issuance of the new accreditation requirements, the Accreditation Council for CME has taken an important step toward assuring that continuing...
In Practice
Leadership Opportunities for Newbies
How do you become that person in the continuing education industry? Many of us have great ideas we want to share with our colleagues in CE. For newcomers,...
Consult
Your New Mission
In the New Accreditation Council for CME accreditation system, which aims to position CME as a strategic asset to the quality improvement and patient...
Pharma Meetings
On Site, On Call
Like any good meeting planner, Loretta Lowe, CMP, can juggle many tasks at one time. But try as she might, she can't be in more than one place at a time....
Meeting Management News
Certification Program Moves Forward
The Certified Medical Meeting Manager project took another step forward this fall in the form of a completed pilot program, according to James Montague,...
MySpace for Hand Surgeons
What do the Internet matchmaking site eHarmony and the social networking site MySpace have to do with the annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery...
Take Out the Troublemakers
CLAUSE: Ejection Rights Convention Center (Center) reserves the right to eject persons from the Center at its discretion. EFFECT: Ask Me First Some planners...
New Passport Rules
For U.S. medical meeting planners with upcoming events in neighboring countries, there are new rules to consider. The U.S. State Department has issued...
Convention Center Demand Growing Slowly
Convention center occupancy grew 2 percent from 2005 to 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual survey of North American convention centers....
Senior-Level Summit for Pharma Planners
An intensive, three-hour summit for senior-level pharmaceutical planners is one of the new features that will be offered at the Third Annual Pharmaceutical...
Laptops Could Be Seized at Borders
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va., is warning its members that anyone bringing a laptop across the U.S. border could risk...
Funding Tips
At a breakout session on the granting process, held at the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference in Baltimore in October,...
Sites & Venues
Midwest Meetings
What's New The Midwest continues to grow as a meetings destination, with new hotels, resorts, and convention centers adding to an already diverse product...
Florida Meeting Planner's Guide
What's New A cutting-edge performing arts centers in Miami and Daytona Beach and large shopping and entertainment complexes statewide have added more...
Focused on Spas
A member of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, Carlisle Bay resort on the south coast of Antigua offers 80 ocean-facing guest suites; several meeting...
Stowe, Vermont
I was surprised to find one of the largest spas in the Northeast at this 110-room hotel/townhouse complex in the popular mountain town of Stowe, Vt. Stoweflake...
Second Opinion
Time to Move Forward?
There are two things every person I spoke with for this issue's cover story on the Accreditation Council for CME's new accreditation criteria agreed on:...
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