September 1, 2008
Cover Story
New PhRMA Code: the Impact on Medical Meetings
The new PhRMA code bans giveaways. Here's how to protect your sponsorships, exhibits, and events....
Checkup with Editor Tamar Hosansky
Accreditation Council for CME Gets Government Respect
after being criticized by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for its weak oversight process in 2007, the Accreditation Council for CME is gaining respect from regulatory and government bodies. ...
Second Opinion, Reader Reactions
Reactions to Pfizer's decision to cut off funding for medical education and communication companies
Readers Reacts to Pfizer's decision to cut off funding for medical education and communication companies; the new PhRMA code; and green CME...
Vitals
New Massachusetts Law Prohibits Gifts to Physicians
New Massachusetts law bans gifts to physicians, but exempts CME...
CME Funding Growth Rate Plummets
CME providers brought in $1.2 billion in commercial support in 2007, a less than 1% increase over 2006, according to the Accreditation Council for CME's Annual Report Data 2007...
How the New Phrma Code Will Affect CME
Under the new PhRMA code, CME providers and commercial supporters will be playing by the same rules...
CME Pros Get Certified
In July, 70 CME professionals became the first to earn the new certified continuing medical education professional designation...
Wyeth Study Proves CME's Value
An internal study shows Wyeth-funded CME programs helped 7 million patients...
Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Creates Online Resource
The Alliance for CME has created an online resource for CME providers to share data from needs assessment and outcomes measurements...
Ethics Code for MECCs
The North American Association of Medical Education and Communication Companies releases a revised version of its Code of Ethics...
New Quality Improvement and Continuing Medical Education Conference
The National Institute for Quality Improvement in Education Launches Its First Annual Conference...
RX for a Rough EconomyMedical Device Meeting Managers Forum Features Panel on the Economy
Hear meeting, procurement, and hotel professionals discuss how the tough economy is affecting their business models at the Second Annual Medical Device and Bio/Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum...
Consult
Translating Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Criteria for Faculty
To get faculty buy-in for complying with new Accreditation Council for CME guidelines, you need to talk their language and respect their time....
Earning My Certified Continuing Medical Education Professional Credential
From baristas to CME Pros, why certification is important...
The government's view on continuing medical education
Rebuilding continuing medical education's tarnished reputation with the government may be simpler than we think ...
How to set standards for peer review in continuing medical education
Peer review is supposed to help root out bias in continuing medical education content. But who's monitoring reviewers for their conflicts of interest?...
How meeting managers can comply with the new PhRMA code
Do's and don'ts for meeting managers under the revised PhRMA code...
Features
American Association for Cancer research takes its first meeting to Jordan
With support from the king of Jordan, the American Association for Cancer research holds the first cancer research meeting in the Arab Middle East...
Convention and Visitors Bureau executives discuss trends in medical meetings, the economy, and airlift
Is it a buyer's market yet? How are airline cuts affecting meetings? What are the trends in the medical meetings market? CDV execs from around the country answer these questions....
Ethical Hypothetical
Should pharmaceutical companies dictate business practices for continuing medical education providers?
Are pharmaceutical companies overstepping their boundaries by criticizing continuing medical education providers' business development practices?...
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CVB Supplement 2008
The Changing Face of CVBs
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