"We won't have any speakers left." That was the opinion of numerous attendees at the 29th Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Annual Conference regarding the Accreditation Council for CME's draft revision of the Standards for Commercial...
DESPITE MOUNTING evidence that the old adult education models aren't always the best ways to promote real learning, some CME providers still find themselves beating their heads against the walls trying to get their organizations to accept even...
ELIOT EISNER WROTE a book a number of years ago called Education Imagination, in which he described how connoisseurship and criticism as seen in the arts can be applied to education. An educational connoisseur, he suggested, should be able to...
WHILE THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR General draft Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, as published in early October, is directed specifically to the pharmaceutical industry, CME providers should take notice of several of its...
A longtime advocate of technological ROI and educational solutions, Hugh Lee has built his career at the helm of Fusion Productions in Webster, N.Y., which handles both traditional production for events as well as consulting and design on...
“IN THE MIDST of an uncertain year, business has been amazing. All I can say is, life is great,” said Roger Helms, president and CEO of HelmsBriscoe, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based site selection company. He made his remarks during the 11th Annual...
“WHEN I FIRST STARTED planning events, I found a lot of hotel managers thought they had to train me how to do my job. Once I got a CMP, there was [usually] an assumption that my knowledge was there,” says Wanda Johnson, CMP (Certified Meeting...
