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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

“And if they’re writing scripts, we don’t necessarily know whether it was because of our conference or another conference or direct-to-consumer advertising.”. Orders for medical devices are no easier to trace, considering the lengthy purchasing timelines for costly equipment. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We In these ways, MANOVA will continue to break out of the traditional medical-meeting mold.

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This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future

PCMA Convene

attended his first medical conference more than 20 years ago, when he was a neurology resident at the University of California, San Francisco. And not just in medical school. But what happens once Dell’s students become physicians and begin relying on conferences for further edu-cation and training?

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Patient-Centered Care Conferences

Velvet Chainsaw

Impact on Healthcare Conferences? If these waves of change haven’t impacted your medical meeting’s business model, it’s just a matter of time. Here are four questions (and tips) for your conference committee to consider as they navigate this changing landscape: 1. Session Mix. Submissions or curation?

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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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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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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

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has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. Burks has also held conference service positions at Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, The St. Darryl Diamond, CMP. Talley Management Group (TMG), Inc., Ellen LaMaire.

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