While the first half of 2003 wasn’t so great for some, several nursing association annual conventions said they’re doing just fine, thank you. For example, the Dermatology Nurses Association’s Annual Convention this March got its best attendance...
MM'S EDITOR TAMAR HOSANSKY and I got to talking about gender in CME a few years back and, being the information junkies we are, we started nosing around to see what the research said about the topic. Funny thing was, we couldn't find a whole lot...
STRICTER VISA regulations, terrorism threats, and other crises, have been making it more difficult for overseas healthcare professionals to attend U.S. medical meetings. But the American Academy of Family Physicians has a powerful ally in its bid...
LAST SUMMER, when the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America issued its Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals, there was some grumbling that medical device companies were still off the hook when it came to wooing docs...
Talk about perseverance. Betsy Bondurant, CMP, associate director, meeting planning and trade show, for Amgen in Thousand Oaks, Calif., spent a fitful five years building the case for a corporate-mandated process by which meetings are sourced and...
“THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW. It's another world,” says Steve Passin, president, Steve Passin & Associates, LLC, a CME consulting firm in Newtown Square, Pa. He's talking about the effects of recent regulatory changes — the Pharmaceutical...
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE of visiting with my 18-year-old niece Emily, an aspiring surgeon, right after she finished a two-week internship at a local emergency room. She sparkled with enthusiasm as she described watching doctors treat gunshot wounds...
EVERYONE KNOWS that professional speakers love to tell stories and use generalities in their speeches. What better topic to have fun with than that of gender issues in the workplace? We probably have all either heard of or read the book by John...
Telenursing — in which nurses deliver, manage, and coordinate patient care and services via telecommunication technology — is one of the fastest growing areas in healthcare. That's why the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, Pitman, N.J....