“We don't always stop to think about doing things differently. Typically, we know what the topic is, we have the faculty, and we put them up there to speak. But you lose many opportunities to improve physician practice that way.” — Linda Casebeer...

AS THE CARTOON CHARACTER Pogo once said, “We is faced with insurmountable opportunities.” This is a time of change for the CME community — and a time when CME providers are facing some substantial barriers to making those changes happen. National...

AS MEDICAL MEETING planners, we take enormous pride in our ability to orchestrate complex meetings with perfect attention to the tiniest detail. But sometimes, despite all of our best planning efforts, tragedy strikes. September 11, international...

ABOUT 1,000 OVERSEAS physicians opted out of last fall's American Society for Microbiology meeting in San Diego. Normally, approximately 55 percent of those who register for the conference arrive from outside the U.S., but last September only...

We spoke with hotel representatives from the major domestic hotel companies about the services they provide for meeting planners wanting to book small — often short lead time — meetings. What follows is a compendium of useful information...

At press time, the Office of Inspector General issued its final compliance program guidance for pharmaceutical manufacturers, available at www.oig.hhs.gov...

EXPERTS WARN THAT doctors aren't getting the education they need to treat children in the event of a bioterrorism attack — and that medical facilities may be overrun with pediatric emergencies unless CME activities step up their focus on the...

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“As CME providers, we should be able to use the best and the brightest to develop educational content. If we are to disqualify these physicians based on “perceptions” of conflicts of interest, we fail to provide the highest quality CME to...