FIRST, HAVE FAITH that the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, the Alliance for CME, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and others will have the wisdom and the...

I WAS RECENTLY reminded of how to make a great first impression. This past August, I attended the Drug Discovery Technology conference in Boston. The discussions and demonstrations at the conference shape the ideas that will transform the...

THE RECENT FOCUS on outcomes research and evaluation has created a dilemma among CME providers and others involved in the process. On the one hand, most would agree that the use of electronic and traditional techniques to determine whether CME...

CME IS FOR SPECIALISTS, not primary care physicians. Commercial supporters won't fund education unless they can influence the content. That was the prevailing wisdom in Mexico — until LiveMed, a CME company that produces symposia and academic...