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.
There's been an interesting thread on the pharma marketing forum about when is the best time to hold a virtual event for physicians, such as a webinar or teleconference. One person said that 8 p.m. EST U.S. seems to be the best. What works best...
Why not study what what makes physicians nod off during scientific meetings? Anne Taylor-Vaisey yesterday sent this out to her CE Awareness Yahoo group. I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I saw the title, but it is a really good read: ...
Anne Taylor-Vaisey sent this link to a study that confirms the obvious: Docs participate in commercially supported clinical trials and lectures for the money...
While they like the concept, family physicians aren't too thrilled with the way American Board of Family Practice's maintenance-of-certification program is working out--and they asked the American Academy of Family Physicians to take action on...
Another article from AMed News looks at several CME initiatives aimed at performance improvement, including McKeesport hospital in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's hand hygiene project. ...
Primary care physicians are justifiably concerned about prescribing--and perhaps overprescribing--pain medication for their patients. According to AMed News, "Many physicians fear law enforcement action over perceived overprescribing and are...
That's the old saying, anyway. Though there are many who feel that pharma sales reps' detailing of docs can lead to some deviltry--or at least, bad doctoring. I just heard today about a new nonprofit that's forming something called the Counter...
This article from AMedNews about the new Riverside Methodist Hospital s Center for Medical Education and Innovation illustrates that virtual patients have applications for more than just practicing surgical techniques. ...
