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What Physicians Will Want out of Your Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

Claiborne “Clay” Johnston, inaugural dean at the University of Texas at Austin’s new Dell Medical School, told the audience at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in January. So Dell Medical School is changing the way medicine is practiced by changing the way medical students are trained. health-care system is broken, Dr. S.

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This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future

PCMA Convene

Today, Johnston thinks there are more innovative, engaging ways to deliver medical education. Somehow we’ve got to bring more of that into all of our meetings.”. We also asked some medical-meeting professionals if and how they see their programs evolving to meet the needs of tomorrow’s physicians. The prognosis?

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How Medical Meetings Can Help A Broken U.S. Healthcare System

PCMA Convene

” – Clay Johnston, dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Johnston has some ideas for how to address that, beginning with the way in which phycisians are trained and receive continuing medical attention. Which I think is exciting and sort of mind-opening.” Listen: [link].

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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

Smart Meetings

Anderson serves on the board of directors for United States Travel Association (USTA), is an executive committee member of Meetings Mean Business Coalition, co-chair of USTA CEO Roundtable and is a member on Destination International’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. has named Diamond senior meeting manager.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

PCMA Convene

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? The number of medicine-focused conferences that bring in a wide range of disciplines and diverse audiences is growing. Some of the most influential — and one newcomer to watch — include: TEDMED , Nov.

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2019 15 Over 50: Lynne K. Tiras, CMP

Connect Your Meetings

Tiras, CMP, works in Houston, Texas, as p resident at International Meeting Managers, Inc. How I got here: When our youngest went off to college, I was approached by the Baylor College of Medicine to manage medical meetings for various departments. Connect with Tiras on Twitter and Instagram.

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Embracing the Digital Opportunity

PCMA Convene

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Less Panic, More Design Strategy.

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