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.
I just heard today that at least two medical societies have been doing something a little extreme with their exhibitors: Making them pay surcharges to serve cappuccino, espresso, or smoothies at their booths. This was supposedly a sponsorship...
This research session by Robert Morrow of the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, at the SACME fall meeting was one of the best case studies I ve seen yet on how to do an intervention that works. I can t begin to go...
This presentation on the accuracy of physician self-assessment, given by Jocelyn Lockyer with the University of Calgary at the SACME fall meeting on Nov. 6 in Boston was right on target with the trend toward self-directed learning. As she said...
Joseph Luzi has been named executive vice President of the Institute for Advanced Health Education (Institute), an "accredited provider of solutions that facilitate continuing medical education (CME) courses and credits for professionals in the...
While I'm not sure how much it costs, this sounds like a good resource for those who are struggling to come up with new policies and procedures to comply with the new ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. Here's the press release: ...
The American Society for Association Executives just released its latest salary survey. Since the largest proportion of those surveyed are employed with medical/heathcare organizations (16 percent), I thought this might be of interest. The news...
Many know Mickey Schaefer from her role as APEX Commission Chair, or from her stint as PCMA's president, or from her many other roles as a leader in the industry. She has long been a mover and shaker also in her role as Vice President...
The research in CME sessions at SACME s fall meeting were great, albeit a little hurried as the presenters tried to get through some pretty nuanced materials in the 10 minutes each was allotted. ...