Having toiled in the vineyards of CME for most of my long career, I am all too familiar with the views of those who find little to like about our CME system, particularly the commercial support process. Charges of bias, promotion disguised as...

There are many gray areas when it comes to applying the Accreditation Council for CME's updated Standards for Commercial Support to meeting planning. That was the focus of the closed-door industry exchange for medical education and communication...

Dealing with procurement, identifying key decision-makers, determining the price of services, and promoting the business are the four biggest challenges facing independent meeting planners, according to a poll of attendees at the lively closed...

Are the new topics featured at your meeting drawing crowds? Which sessions are attracting the clinicians versus the researchers? Are most delegates walking out in the middle of the keynote address? How's the traffic on the trade show floor...

Kids this time of year may be chanting "no more pencils, no more books," but so will physicians at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, which recently decided to ban even the smallest of gifts from pharmaceutical sales reps to its...

This post from Blogborygmi should gladden the heart of any CME provider. The story concludes...