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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

Smart Meetings

Her approach to get all departments in her medical association executive team on the same page is to use an event business model framework. Going through the exercise forces the team to define the event, project the revenue expected and agree on the KPIs that will be used to measure the success of the event. .

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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

As a result, medical meetings are finding other ways to demonstrate their value to current and prospective exhibitors. From beacon-collected data to lead scanners to third-party evaluations, here’s how two medical meetings are tackling the exhibitor ROI challenge. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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Why This Medical Meeting Simulated a Crisis

PCMA Convene

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. Held on day two of the three-day event, the three-hour session was listed in the agenda simply as “a simulation exercise.” million deaths a year.

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This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future

PCMA Convene

Convene talked to Johnston about what else the medical conferences of tomorrow will need to do, from getting rid of lectures, to making use of design thinking, to putting the patient at the center of the program. The prognosis? Read what follows to find out.

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Medical Meetings Embrace Wellness

PCMA Convene

Yoga and 5K fun runs have become staples at many other medical meetings, too, including the ONS Congress and the AOA’s OMED. That might mean asking attendees to bring back bits of what they find outside for an art-making exercise. The key is making it fun,” Frazier said. Or it could become a contest that ties in social media.

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‘Get Out’ Takes on New Meaning at CHEST Annual Meeting

PCMA Convene

A participant at the American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Annual Meeting 2019 runs a probe over an “alien” with magnets in its chest in order to view ultrasound images revealing a cardiac condition. The exercise was part of an escape room at the event. American College of Chest Physicians, CHEST Annual Meeting 2019.

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Scleroderma Congress Innovates to Emphasize Patient Participation

PCMA Convene

Not only has the event put a spotlight on researching scleroderma and exploring treatments, but Manzani said it is an early example of a medical meeting that emphasizes patient participation. SPIN researchers held focus groups with scleroderma patients to understand barriers they face when trying to exercise. Virtue of Patients.