July/August 2010
Cover Story
The Great ASCO Tweetup
A group of social media early adopters met at this year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting to learn from each other how to use the technology to make their education more effective....
Checkup with Editor Sue Pelletier
GAME Meeting Gets Global Learning Right
The diversity among participants at the Annual Global Alliance for Medical Education meeting led us all to find a common ground...
Vitals
ACCME Clarifies Industry Speaker Rules
After protests from accredited CME providers, the ACCME further clarifies its rules about pharma industry speakers at certified CME activities....
Thomas Stossel, MD, on Commercial Support: Sin or Salvation?
Thomas Stossel, MD, expounded to GAME meeting attendees on why providers should be advocates for industry collaboration....
University of Michigan Bans Commercial Support
The University of Michigan recently announced that it would stop accepting commercial support from pharmaceutical companies for its CME activities....
NIQIE 2010 Conference to Highlight CPI Components
The third annual conference of the National Institute for Quality Improvement and Education, scheduled for September 12–14 in Chicago, will focus on how integrating continuing medical education, quality improvement, and healthcare information technology, along with the dissemination of comparative effectiveness research, will result in continuous performance improvement in healthcare....
HIMSS Books Permanent Exhibit Space at Nashville Medical Mart
The Healthcare Information Management Systems Society recently became the first association to lease year-round exhibit space at the Nashville Medical Trade Center—a permanent exhibition space being built in Nashville...
New Convention Center and Medical Mart Coming to Nashville
The Nashville Metro Council voted overwhelmingly to approve financing for the construction of the new Music City Center after a long and, at times, contentious debate. The approval of the new convention center also means that plans will go forward for the Nashville Medical Trade Center—a permanent medical trade show—at the site of the existing Nashville Convention Center. ...
CME: In Practice by Ann Lichti
Conversations in CME
Ann C. Lichti and Karen J. Thomas on Advancing Your CME Career ...
Consult, CME Monitor
Ad Raises Commercial Questions
Has our focus on where CME funding comes from distracted us from what’s really important...
Consult, Lighten Up by Lawrence Sherman
CME Needs a Hall of Fame
Baseball has a Hall of Fame—why shouldn’t CME providers have one, too...
Feature
How to Build Better Hotelier-Meeting Planner Relationships
Even in the age of an increasing demand for transparency, strategic meetings management, and preferred suppliers, where RFPs are submitted online into a nameless, faceless centralized database, there is still room for strong hospitality-meeting planner relationships. It just takes a little more work. ...
Sites
M&D Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s M&D Award winners...
Golf and Spa Resorts Update
Golf and spa resort news for meeting planners ...
Hypothetical by Karen Overstreet and Jacqueline Parochka
Avoiding Pitfalls of Revenue Diversification for CME Activities
There are many ways to locate new funding sources for CME, but be careful to look before you sign any agreements...
Articles
Cleveland Plans New Medical Mart
This fall, construction will begin on a $425 million project to update the 85-year-old Cleveland Convention Center and build a new medical mart next door....
The Alliance for CME
The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education has recently begun to explore whether social media is right for its membership of continuing medical education...
Be Compliance-Friendly
For hoteliers looking to attract pharmaceutical meetings, it helps to learn about the AdvaMed and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America...
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