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.
Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving the needs of medical meeting planners. Readers voted for the hosts that best handled...
THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN in the medical field continues to rise dramatically, requiring that medical meeting planners change their marketing tactics to appeal to this new and increasingly influential audience...
Building on its series of reports and recommendations for improving the quality of healthcare, the Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., has released “Health Professions Education, A Bridge to Quality.” The report starts with the premise that...
WHEN I VISITED SOUTH WALES for the first time late last year, I was surprised to find it was just under a two hours' drive from London's Heathrow airport to the impressive Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. The Celtic Manor's Wentwood Hills...
It's never been more challenging — or exciting — to plan a meeting abroad. Medical Meetings and its sister magazines are pleased to announce the return of the Beyond Borders Conference, September 17, 2003, to be held during The Motivation Show at...
WHETHER WE ARE evaluating a car mechanic or a CME presenter, it is often very difficult to determine objectively whether an individual is qualified. Generally, performance qualifications are measured and evaluated against criteria such as formal...
Diana Frost, manager, medical education for women's healthcare franchise, Ortho-McNeil, Raritan, N.J., is the lucky winner of MM's Merit & Distinction Awards raffle. She won a vacation package including a four-day, three-night stay for two at...
THE BIGGEST NON-HUMAN casualty of severe acute respiratory syndrome's spread this spring was the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, which was scheduled for April 5 to 9 in Toronto. As many as 16,000 attendees were expected...