Information and updates on the rules, regulations, and codes that regulate continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development activities for physicians and other healthcare providers.
“Receiving a letter from the United States Senate Finance Committee is a frightening experience,” said a CME professional from a major pharmaceutical company during a hot-topics session at the Alliance for CME annual conference. From the comments...
The present system for submitting proposals for commercial support can be time-consuming and difficult. While project cost is certainly important to the grant-review process, supporters are interested primarily in assuring that the CME provider's...
Did you know that if you rotate your right foot clockwise and then try to draw the number six in the air with your right hand, your foot will reverse direction? There's nothing you can do about it — it just happens. For some reason, as I sat in...
Some attendees hailed a session called Practical Strategies for Better Outcomes, held at the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Annual Conference in San Francisco in January, as the best session on outcomes they had ever attended...
Robert Raszkowski, MD, PhD, who passed away in November at the age of 64, was highly regarded in the CME community. He was an active member of the Alliance for CME for 20 years, served as dean of CME at the University of South Dakota School of...
After Announcing in December that it was in the initial phase of developing a medical meeting planner certification program, the Professional Meeting Planner Network, Durham, N.C., began sending a survey to a cross-section of CME and meeting...
The Association of Black Cardiologists, Atlanta, was gratified to learn that it was granted accreditation with commendation and a six-year term of exemplary accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education after its 2005...
Even Though CME providers undergoing the Accreditation Council for CME reaccreditation process only have to document that they've complied with the updated Standards for Commercial Support since May 2005, when the new rules took effect, they say...
CME Providers Talk a lot about collaborating effectively with commercial supporters. But how often do you hear about the “other” partner, the medical meeting planner? Of course, content quality and an unbiased presentation go a long way toward...
A new workshop, “Critical Skill Building for the New CME Paradigm,” will be launched May 11 to 12 at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. Jointly sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Office of CME, Madison; Steve Passin &...
