What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
With the recent issuance of the new accreditation requirements, the Accreditation Council for CME has taken an important step toward assuring that continuing medical education activities address the individual learning needs of physicians and, by...
A member of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, Carlisle Bay resort on the south coast of Antigua offers 80 ocean-facing guest suites; several meeting venues, including the Carlisle room, which can accommodate 50 for a reception or 40 theater...
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va., is warning its members that anyone bringing a laptop across the U.S. border could risk having the laptop seized or its contents searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
At the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference, held in October in Baltimore, CME professionals who work in the pharmaceutical industry were asked during a special session what emerging problems regarding...
An intensive, three-hour summit for senior-level pharmaceutical planners is one of the new features that will be offered at the Third Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum. Co-organized by Medical Meetings magazine and the Center for...
In the New Accreditation Council for CME accreditation system, which aims to position CME as “a strategic asset to the quality improvement and patient safety imperatives of the U.S. healthcare systems,” the CME mission will take on a pivotal role...
This Fall, a close friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent surgery, and began radiation treatments. While the physical aspects of dealing with such a serious illness are, obviously, a tremendous ordeal, my friend has also been...
At a breakout session on the granting process, held at the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference in Baltimore in October, three pharmaceutical company representatives provided insight on their companies' grants...
