A quarter of physicians in a recent survey cited a decrease in CME quality as commercial support has dropped.

Damon Marquis wants to make one thing clear: CME is not the only important form of medical education.

Ppatient advocacy groups and professional medical associations producing CME, though they may not be "covered recipients" under the Sunshine Act, could still be impacted

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Pfizer is changing the way it funds medical education to make smarter use of shrinking funding and enhance the impact of activities, the firm said.

Pri-Med is under new ownership following M|C Holding's sale of the US assets to closely held Canadian event and media producer Diversified Business Communications.

Stanford's new Center for Medical Education Research and Innovation, initially tasked with exploring ways of delivering undergraduate and graduate medical education, could also help Stanford's CME program realize one of its goals.

Researchers evaluating diabetes and high cholesterol screening and treatment guidelines found that guideline-panel members are pervaded by financial conflicts of interest.

As pharmaceutical companies cut spending on other marketing areas, meetings stay a primary channel for gaining physician mindshare, data show.