All of the 24 boards that are members of the American Board of Medical Specialties have implemented their maintenance of certification programs in 2008, announced Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH, president and CEO, ABMS, during a hot-topics session at the...
From the moment that I arrived, I noticed the absence of something that has always been present at the alliance for CME annual
meeting: a buzz. Does CME need CPR?
Attendees packed the room at the Pharmaceutical Alliance for CME section meeting, held during the Alliance for CME annual meeting in January in San Francisco, to discuss hot topics related to commercial support. Polled via an audience-response...
It's not a glamorous process. And it doesn't happen overnight. In fact, rolling out a strategic meetings management program is a pretty labor-intensive job that's often met with some tough resistance.
Just ask Tom J. Tolvé, CMP. As Novo Nordisk'...
The CME community could learn a lot from the meetings industry. Caught up in the recent media spotlight on corporate excesses, meetings have been labeled as junkets and boondoggles. To fight back against the barrage of public criticism and...