March 1, 2008
Cover Story
CME Leaders Fight Back against Attacks
Report from the Alliance for CME annual conference The continuing medical education community suffered another blow to its credibility when, in January,...
Checkup
Fast-Track CME Reform
I was excited to hear at the Alliance for CME annual conference about the community's new advocacy initiatives, and in particular, the drive to collect...
Vitals
Proving CME's Value
The biggest concern facing Pharmaceutical industry CME professionals is how to prove their value within their companies, a proposition that's becoming...
FDA issues draft guidance on promotion of off-label uses
In February, the Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance, Good Reprint Practices, that would allow drug and device companies some leeway...
Accreditation Council for CME Proposes Joint Accreditation System with Nursing and Pharmacy
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education...
Consult
Three Myths About Grant Proposals
CME providers are facing stiff competition as the quality of proposals improves and grantors increase their scrutiny of funding requests to ensure that...
Houston, We Have a Problem
The inspiration for this Article was twofold: first, I was thinking about how so many of the meetings that CME professionals attend for their own development...
Wanted: CME Leadership
Let's face facts. The CME enterprise is in a funk about commercial funding and the potential for biased content. We're running scared, and it shows in...
The Generations Factor
The latest buzz in the consumer marketing field is the concept of generational marketing. Understanding the needs of each demographic group can help us...
Features
Senate Finance Committee Investigates Medical Societies’ Financial Ties to Pharma
When Merck and Schering-Plough released data from a clinical trial of cholesterol medication Vytorin showing that it worked no better than a much cheaper...
5 Steps to Building Real Firewalls
The cat is out of the bag. Powerful factions of the U.S. economy have discovered that the practice of medicine and the commercial interests of pharmaceutical...
Hotel Contract Strategies for Pharma Meetings
Most corporate meeting planners are contending with a strong seller's market, short lead times, and tightening budgets but only medical planners also...
A Landmark Revival
After years of restoration work to this 18th-century landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference...
Healthcare Meeting Exhibitors Discuss International Pharma Marketing Regulations
With pharmaceutical marketing regulations proliferating internationally, meeting and exhibit professionals face increasing compliance challenges. During...
Sites
Texas
The old joke about the State Bird being the building crane must have been born in Texas. When one landmark project breaks ground, you can be sure that...
Central Florida
Orlando's ever-expanding accommodations menu is taking on a luxury theme. With current properties and those under construction, Orlando will feature a...
Ethical Hypothetical
Rating Commercial Bias on CME Evaluations
The Case Marcie Minor, CME director, is a seasoned professional at Freedom Medical School in Texas. She has been gratified that most participants in CME...
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