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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

The aim of the code was to provide patients with insight into dealings between pharmaceutical companies and physicians, including details on when companies would foot the bill for doctors to attend medical conferences. But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings.

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Rethinking Certification at Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

We traced MOC back through the decades — from first introduction to physician response — and found out how Paschall and other meeting professionals have successfully added it to their conference offerings. That’s where MOC programs come in — and, by extension, the meetings and conferences where those programs are offered.

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The Power of Advocacy: How Two Medical Conferences Empowered a Family with Disabilities

PCMA Convene

Alice Brouhard was no stranger to medical conferences. But she never imagined her family’s life could be so deeply affected by not just one conference, but two — one that she attended and the other that she founded and organized. That totally, totally came from the conference, which was great.”. THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department. Navy and U.S.

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American Institute of Architects Convention Becomes Better by Design

PCMA Convene

The annual conference was a good solid performer, but a pretty conventional show — mostly male, mostly white, mostly older, with many exclusive events,” said Kathron Compton, AIA’s senior vice president for brand and engagement. “It It felt typical of every conference I’d ever attended.”. Architects are a unique breed.

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