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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. 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. Illustration by Selman Design.

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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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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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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

Smart Meetings

has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. Darryl Diamond, CMP. Talley Management Group (TMG), Inc., He’s also owner of and worked as CEO for Big White Dog Events in Washington, D.C.

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A Prescription for Disruptive Design

PCMA Convene

who had become dean of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. The pitch: Would Chang help establish an institute that was a unique collaboration between the medical school and UT Austin’s College of Fine Arts? I’m married to a physician, and she goes to traditional medical meetings.