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.
If an industry rep invites a physician to an expensive dinner featuring a local speaker, should the doctor go? That was one of the questions posed to the approximately 280 attendees at the 12th National Conference on CME Provider/Industry...
“As we continue to struggle with our personal feelings and our desires to do something to help, I wanted to point out to you contributions that you have made already that you may not have thought about,” Donald E. Moore Jr., PhD, director...
The Florida State University College of Medicine has established a Center on Terrorism and Public Health that will serve as a resource for educating health professionals and the public on how to deal with weapons of mass destruction and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will present a two-hour webcast entitled “Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know” beginning at noon on Thursday, December 13...
The United States needs a much stronger system for ensuring that the necessary pharmaceuticals and related services are available for response to acts of terrorism and other emergencies, according to participants in a landmark Executive Session on...
Where market conditions warrant, the synergy of co-locating several regionally based shows -- each serving a vertical segment of a market -- creates an all-encompassing ``front to back end'' event...
For those who wonder about the effectiveness of putting a lot of effort into medical conference exhibiting, consider this: FONAR Corporation, a maker of MRI equipment, has been able to capitalize on the previous performance of its exhibit booth to...
Many people are turning to alternative, integrative therapies to combat depression and stress-related illness. In order to help healthcare professionals understand these choices, the International Wellness Conference is being held Jan. 17-22, 2002...
