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.
NOW THAT YOU'VE experienced little victories in moving your CME organization to its desired vision, it's time to develop momentum toward achieving your organizational, strategic goals. Harvard business professor John Kotter suggests three steps...
I WALKED AWAY from this year's CME Congress in Toronto with 35 pages of single-spaced typed notes, a stack of handouts, and a head stuffed to bursting. The ideas, the research, it all was fascinating — and I can't remember the last time I went to...
According to a nationwide study released recently by the Pri-Med Institute, Boston, effective CME can cause significant shifts in the clinical practice behavior of primary care physicians, especially in treating conditions for which guidelines for...
IT HAPPENS ONLY once every four years, rotates among different locales, attracts people from all over the world, and is very competitive. No, we're not talking about that giant athletic event in Athens this summer; when it comes to mental...
Puerto Rico is rapidly becoming one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean for meetings. Now, with new hotel rooms, golf courses, and a convention center on the horizon, this tropical paradise is poised to get even hotter...
How far do you really go to keep your exhibitors satisfied? Holding a post-show meeting to get feedback, or hosting a “getting to know the show management” breakfast during the meeting is no longer enough, said panelists at a session at the...
After a 30-year law career, during which he won more than $10 million in medical malpractice cases against physicians, Robert Dowd decided to switch sides and help physicians to protect themselves from liability. As a speaker for the National...
What could possibly be the downside of having the reputation of being the “fun center of the world”? According to a small group of medical education and communication company planners who gathered recently in New York City to discuss Monaco as a...
Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving the needs of medical meeting planners. Readers voted for the hosts that best handled...
