The American Medical Association's new international activity approval program, which went into effect February 1, stipulates that medical education providers must register their activity for recognition with the AMA before issuing AMA Physician's...
In addition to SARS, the war and anti-American sentiment in Europe affected international meeting plans. The American Radium Society did some fancy footwork rescheduling its April 26 to 30 meeting from Paris to Houston. The Chicago organization...
“AS CME PROVIDERS, we should be able to use the best and the brightest to develop educational content. If we are to disqualify these physicians based on “perceptions” of conflicts of interest, we fail to provide the highest quality CME to...
“We don't always stop to think about doing things differently. Typically, we know what the topic is, we have the faculty, and we put them up there to speak. But you lose many opportunities to improve physician practice that way.” — Linda Casebeer...
AS THE CARTOON CHARACTER Pogo once said, “We is faced with insurmountable opportunities.” This is a time of change for the CME community — and a time when CME providers are facing some substantial barriers to making those changes happen. National...
AS MEDICAL MEETING planners, we take enormous pride in our ability to orchestrate complex meetings with perfect attention to the tiniest detail. But sometimes, despite all of our best planning efforts, tragedy strikes. September 11, international...