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 are two things every person I spoke with for this issue's cover story on the Accreditation Council for CME's new accreditation criteria agreed on: that the direction they will move the CME enterprise is the right one, and that there are a...
For U.S. medical meeting planners with upcoming events in neighboring countries, there are new rules to consider. The U.S. State Department has issued a rule proposing the development of an affordable passport card that can be used in lieu of a...
How do you become that “go-to” person in the continuing education industry? Many of us have great ideas we want to share with our colleagues in CE. For newcomers, it can be a daunting task to present an interesting and relevant workshop at a...
Like any good meeting planner, Loretta Lowe, CMP, can juggle many tasks at one time. But try as she might, she can't be in more than one place at a time. So when the San Francisco — based independent meeting planner was called on to plan 45...
I was surprised to find one of the largest spas in the Northeast at this 110-room hotel/townhouse complex in the popular mountain town of Stowe, Vt. Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, a 40-year-old, family-run enterprise, opened its 50,000...
With the recent issuance of the new accreditation requirements, the Accreditation Council for CME has taken an important step toward assuring that continuing medical education activities address the individual learning needs of physicians and, by...
A member of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, Carlisle Bay resort on the south coast of Antigua offers 80 ocean-facing guest suites; several meeting venues, including the Carlisle room, which can accommodate 50 for a reception or 40 theater...
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Alexandria, Va., is warning its members that anyone bringing a laptop across the U.S. border could risk having the laptop seized or its contents searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
