Building on its series of reports and recommendations for improving the quality of healthcare, the Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., has released “Health Professions Education, A Bridge to Quality.” The report starts with the premise that...

WHEN I VISITED SOUTH WALES for the first time late last year, I was surprised to find it was just under a two hours' drive from London's Heathrow airport to the impressive Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. The Celtic Manor's Wentwood Hills...

It's never been more challenging — or exciting — to plan a meeting abroad. Medical Meetings and its sister magazines are pleased to announce the return of the Beyond Borders Conference, September 17, 2003, to be held during The Motivation Show at...

WHETHER WE ARE evaluating a car mechanic or a CME presenter, it is often very difficult to determine objectively whether an individual is qualified. Generally, performance qualifications are measured and evaluated against criteria such as formal...

Diana Frost, manager, medical education for women's healthcare franchise, Ortho-McNeil, Raritan, N.J., is the lucky winner of MM's Merit & Distinction Awards raffle. She won a vacation package including a four-day, three-night stay for two at...

THE BIGGEST NON-HUMAN casualty of severe acute respiratory syndrome's spread this spring was the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, which was scheduled for April 5 to 9 in Toronto. As many as 16,000 attendees were expected...

IN THE LAST ISSUE, I PONTIFICATED about the importance of tracking behavior changes CME providers and other medical meeting professionals make as a result of attending industry meetings. Then I received this letter from a reader — who prefers to...

Every planner wants to have a meeting that allows attendees to put what they learn into action. Small meetings are ideal vehicles for making that happen — if they're done well. I had the chance to attend just such a meeting last fall: the first...

The new, 2.3 million-square-foot Washington, D.C. Convention Center opened on schedule in March. The largest building in Washington and one of the 10 largest convention centers in the U.S., it has nearly 725,000 square feet of exhibit space and...

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