I've been remiss--I forgot until just this moment to point out the new "toolkit" for compliance with the Standards for Commercial Support that the ACCME has posted on its Web site. I grabbed a copy at the Alliance meeting, and it should be pretty...
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education no longer will recognize drug and medical device manufacturers as ACPE-accredited providers of continuing pharmacy education, according to a notice e-mailed to me today by an alert reader (thank you...
If you liked last week's Grand Rounds, aka a collection of the week's hottest medical blog posts, go to MedMusings and check out this week's edition. Of particular interest to the CME and pharma communities should be this post about greedy pharma...
I had to steal the headline from the Sacramento Bee article--it's just too cute. But the meat of it is pretty interesting--and CME providers in that state may have a new market to serve (lengthy registration is required to view the article, but it...
Sanku Rao, MD, a doc from Enid, Okla., went to India to enjoy the holidays with family and, along with other members of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, was planning on participating in a continuing medical education...
I wanted to let you all know that I just added information on specifically how the State Department can help with the visa issues so many international participants are having when they try to come to U.S.-based meetings. Scroll down to the end of...
ACCME chief executive Murray Kopelow, MD, is everywhere these days, trying to explain/refine/define the new Standards for Commercial Support. Look for him next month at the the Pharmaceutical Compliance Summit Series, where he'll lead a session...