Just what every CME program needs: 300 pigs' feet and a wedding ...

Despite the economic uncertainty, the news for CME providers appears consistently positive. The CME industry has hit the $1.2 billion mark in income, according to the Accreditation Council for CME's 2000 annual report. The total number of CME...

As you approach The Diplomat Resort Country Club & Spa, it seems as if you've been transported to coastal Italy. The resort looks more like a posh, Mediterranean villa than a hotel. But this is Hallandale Beach, Fla., not the Italian Riviera...

Two and a half weeks before the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's fall conference in Puerto Rico, a hurricane hit, doing massive damage to the area and the hotel. Needless to say, the meeting was canceled...

Robert J. (Bob) Donovan is vice president, meetings and travel services, for the American Hospital Association, based in Chicago. He's been with the AHA for 32 years, and has been associated with the meeting and convention division since 1983...

If the U.S. catches cold, the whole world of medical education gets sick,” proclaimed Martin E. Cearnal, president and CEO, Physicians World Communications Group, Secaucus, N.J., as he kicked off the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance for...

“I'm going to be more aware of how physicians learn, use vignettes in needs assessments, advertise activities in the learner's language, and document my needs-assessment process better.” ...

Lots of groups talk about making their meetings more interactive, but the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association in Albany, N.Y., has actually done it. At the VHMA annual management retreat, there are no professional speakers and no lectures...

According to the Accreditation Council for CME's 2000 Annual Report, (www.accme.org)the CME industry is a $1 billion plus industry. Expenses went from about $920 million in 1999 to one billion — nearly a nine percent increase. Income went from $1...

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