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.
WHILE I WAS LOOKING into the recent developments regarding point-of-care CME for the news story on page 11, I couldn't help but wonder why no one seems to be working on a similar type of resource for the rest of us. In my job, my “point-of-care”...
When Houston-based International Meeting Managers was asked to plan a meeting to respond to an emerging hot topic for its client, the Society for Pediatric Radiology, they were able to do so in record time. The rub was that the attendees couldn't...
“Despite the recent publicity about ethical problems in relationships between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry,…physicians continue to have a rather permissive view about a variety of marketing activities.” Thus concluded Allan S. Brett...
Charleston Place, located in the heart of historic downtown Charleston, is an extraordinary place where history and elegance come together to offer remarkable conference space, luxurious accommodations, world-class cuisine, renowned special event...
LAST JUNE, the Society of Nuclear Medicine drew about 4,000 members to its annual meeting in New Orleans. The 10,000 other member physicians, chemists, and radiopharmacists who couldn't make the event were still able to experience selected...
A sparkling oasis beckons from the warm ivory beaches of Aruba. The Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino is quite naturally the island's most lush and luxurious resort. Surrounded by fragrant gardens, exotic lagoons, and cascading waterfalls, you'll...
Located adjacent to the Orange County Convention Center, the Rosen Centre Hotel makes an ideal headquarters for meetings and conferences. The hotel's outstanding facilities, highly respected staff, and newly redecorated accommodations assure...
THERE WAS A TIME when CME was catch as catch can. But now, it has a life of its own. Someone figured out how to make money from it, and somebody else figured out how to use CME to ensure that physicians were taught what they needed to maintain...
DIANE WALTERSDORF has a tough job when it comes to selecting the right convention center for her attendees. She is Advanstar Communications' show director for the Abilities Expos, events that draw a high percentage of attendees with disabilities ...
