January 1, 2005 MM
Cover Story
NO TIME FOR CME
A SOMEWHAT DISTURBING trend appeared in this year's physician survey, which was conducted in September and October of 2004: The younger docs those under...
Checkup
The Wind Beneath My Wings
WHEN I INTERVIEWED meeting industry veteran Mickey Schaefer, CAE, American Academy of Family Physicians, for the first installment in our series profiling...
Feedback
Letters to the Editor
The Elephant In The Room The editorial The Elephant in the Room appeared in the December 2004 issue of Medical Meetings and the November 30 edition of...
CME
SACME Meeting Takes On Conflict of Interest
THE 2004 SOCIETY for Academic CME Fall Meeting, November 5 to 7 in Boston, may have been relatively small, but it was powerful. One hundred fifteen participants...
White Paper Calls for More Accountability and Credibility
CME providers need to do more to increase the quality of their education and credibility with the government and the public, says a white paper issued...
CECity Wins Gold and Platinum Awards
Pittsburgh-based CECity, which provides online CME and quality improvement tools, capped 2004 with two eHealthcare Leadership awards for its CE Medicus...
New Standards Compliance 411
To comply with the Accreditation Council for CME's new Standards for Commercial Support, many CME providers must update their procedures for collaborating...
Counter-Detailing Initiative Launched
A group of board-certified PharmD's have formed a nonprofit organization to provide checks and balances to drug rep detailing by conducting specific drug...
Conflict Avoidance
THE ISSUANCE OF the new Standards for Commercial Support in September 2004 and subsequent official, unofficial, and company-specific interpretations have...
New Competencies for the CME Professional
IN CASE YOU haven't noticed, the skills required for today's CME professionals are changing. The Accreditation Council for CME's Essential Areas, the...
STARTING OVER
A NUMBING AND eerie experience. That's how Kim Davis describes losing her position as director of research and education at the Academy of Medicine in...
Meeting Management
State Department Helps Planners
WHILE ORGANIZING THE 17th World Conference of Family Doctors, known as Wonca 2004, which took place in Orlando this past October, Sondra Biggs, CMP, director,...
clause & effect Conflicting Groups
CLAUSE: Keep Them Away Hotel will not allow any group that is incompatible with Group to book any function space or suites in Hotel over Group's meeting...
HCEA: No Exhibitor Surcharges
The Atlanta-based Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association this past fall officially came out against healthcare exhibition policies that require...
Duffy to Chair Pharma Conference
Meeting industry veteran Christine Duffy, president and CEO of Maritz Travel, Fenton, Mo., will chair the inaugural Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum,...
Survey Says
MANY OF US see attendee surveys as an item to check on the to do list to keep the Accreditation Council for CME happy, and thus maintain our accreditation...
New Year's Resolution: Professional Development
MEDICAL MEETING PLANNERS understand the value of education. After all, we spend the majority of our working weeks planning and implementing events that...
WOMEN LEADERS SERIES: Legacy of Leadership
MICKEY SCHAEFER, CAE, began her career in the seventies when women wore suits and bow ties to show that we were in management, and meeting professionals...
Special Section
Medical Meetings 2004 M&D Award Winners
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...
Sites & Venues
RECENT OPENINGS
CONNECTED VIA SKYBRIDGE to the San Diego Padres' new Petco Park, Omni San Diego Hotel is located across the street from the San Diego Convention Center...
The Westin Savannah Harbor
Just a chip shot away from the hotel at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (or so say the public relations staff; I'd say it's more like a very...
Articles
Tsunamis and Terrorism
IN THE AFTERMATH of the December 26 tsunamis in South Asia, I read an article on Israel121c.org about how Israeli doctors, who were among the first on...
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