Medical & Pharma Meetings

This post really doesn't have much to do with CME, but with the debate raging over the Terri Schiavo case (click here for the latest from MSNBC) got me thinking about how--or if--we are training doctors and other healthcare workers who may be...

I particularly like this note, from a reader who sent in her solution to the case study I posted earlier...

In case you weren't aware, Medical Meetings magazine has been running a series on developing leadership in CME. To make it more fun, we put all the articles online here, along with some case studies and how some of today's CME leaders would...

I found a very strange article in yesterday's The Guardian via Nick at blogborygmi: New technology uses human body for broadband networking. A snip...

Anne Taylor-Vaisey has been in Las Vegas, attending the annual conference of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. But she's back now, ready to entertain you with exciting messages. Like this one: Here is ...

Carolyn Darrow, MPH, formerly at International Meetings & Science, Inc./CME Scholar, Stamford, Conn., has taken the position of vice president/CME officer at the Institute for Advanced Medical Education in Rye, N.Y. Congratulations on the new...

Thanks to Anne Taylor-Vaisey for the pointer toward these articles from the January issue of Medical Teacher: ...

It just might, according to this article in the Philly Enquirer (free registration req'd, and it's an annoying process, unfortunately). It basically says that pharma companies are rethinking their direct-to-consumer advertising strategies, now...

And it sounds like it pays well to be on one of these boards, according to this article in the Business Standard...

While physicians in this country can pretty much go where they please to get their CME, it's good to remember that not all docs are so fortunate. Still, the Iraqi doctors in this article think it's worth driving more than 300 miles through...