Four years ago, a couple of hand surgeons who had gone through training together had a great idea: They decided to start a travel club where they'd meet once a year at a family-friendly destination and share some of their more difficult cases...

This year, the ACCME included data on its accreditation decisions in its “ACCME Annual Report Data 2003.” Of the 209 providers the ACCME reviewed for accreditation or reaccreditation in 2003, two did not pass, 17 received provisional accreditation...

CME professionals worldwide are debating how to develop independent education and ethical partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. That was one of the trends discussed at the Global Alliance for Medical Education annual conference, held June 20...

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Two well-known CME firms, Pegasus Healthcare International, Montréal, which specializes in content development, and Saber Communications, New York, a meeting management company, have joined forces to form Engaging Minds LLC. The joint venture...

The recent release of the “ACCME Annual Report Data 2003” makes it official: CME just keeps growing — to the tune of $1.77 billion in total income reported in 2003. This is an 11 percent increase over 2002's income of almost $1.6 billion, which in...

At the 2003 Global Alliance for Medical Education conference, Angel Vázquez Hernandez, president, LiveMed S.A. de C.V., a Mexico City — based CME company, explained how his company partnered with Pri-Med in the United States to create Primary Care...

LEST YOU THINK that the pharma industry is the only one to come under fire for its support of CME, check out “Food Makers Urge Doctors to Push Specific Brands,” which ran in The Wall Street Journal on May 25. The article says that major food...

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IF THE RATIFICATION of the Accreditation Council for CME's new Standards for Commercial Support proceeds on schedule, you should be prepared to begin to implement your new conflict of interest (COI) process in October 2004 with the deadline for...