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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. healthcare system is broken. Johnston has some ideas for how to address that, beginning with the way in which phycisians are trained and receive continuing medical attention. Listen: [link]. Illustration by Selman Designs.

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4 Treatments for Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

Moving forward, doctors and health-care systems will be encouraged to have better coordinated care that focuses on patient wellness and prevention. What does that mean for professional medical conferences? If these waves of change haven’t affected your medical meetings’ business model yet, it’s just a matter of time.

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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

At the time, meeting planners prepared for the worst, fearing that physicians would shy away from attending meetings altogether. But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings. How will it affect medical meetings? Effective Jan. What is changing?

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This Is What Medical Meetings Will Look Like in the Future

PCMA Convene

During a Medical Events HQ session at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in Austin this past January, Johnston traced a clear line from better undergraduate medical education, to better medical conferences, to better health-care delivery. Somehow we’ve got to bring more of that into all of our meetings.”. The prognosis?

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What Physicians Will Want out of Your Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

health-care system is broken, Dr. S. 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.

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Rethinking Certification at Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

Okay, if you’re a meeting professional who works for a medical or health-care organization, it’s not actually a problem for you to imagine any of this. How is it different from standard continuing medical education (CME)? In fact, that’s more or less your job description. But what exactly is MOC, and where did it come from?

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Event Case Study: Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo

Smart Meetings

Read More : Medical Meetings: Temperature Check Ferguson says it’s something her team has wanted to do for years, as it’s important to bring in new and emerging talent. “We The post Event Case Study: Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo appeared first on Smart Meetings.