The Changing Face of Continuing Medical Education

Mar 26
09:10

2013

John Cena Smith

John Cena Smith

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In an ever changing world of medical education (CME) programs are considered an essential requirement. More than half of all professional conferences and CMEs are organized with the help of sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers.

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With increased patronage,The Changing Face of Continuing Medical Education Articles place and nature of these conferences has changed significantly. Continuing medical education that took place in early austerely by medical colleges on campus are organized by private physicians in seven hotels and even luxury cruises. Sponsors thus have an important voice in the selection of topics and speakers to be invited. Knowledge cannot be conducted impartially on stage. In recent years, the interests of the medical profession and pharmaceutical industries have been intertwined as never before. 
The fact is however, that two parties involved in this relationship are strong conflicts of interest. The primary concern of a doctor is his / her patient? Welfare followed by the community welfare, medical education and medical research. Advance your career and personal comfort or luxury is your interests and greedy side. In contrast, the pharmaceutical industry has an interest only? 
With so much money on the table, we have an obligation to be clear? What is on sale here!? A simple answer come doctor? Integrity and their patients best interests. Having realized that continuing medical education greatly influence prescribing habits, many academic medical centers have begun to adopt new policies to create firewalls between faculty and industry influences. 
Strict rules are framed by the interactions of the pharmaceutical company representative with residents. However, such medical events require aggressive advertising and promotion to ensure maximum participation of all sectors of the medical community and to attract the general awareness and attention too. A large number of websites cater to the need of these conferences also. 
Medical events, is a single such portal, offering unprecedented opportunities and scope for aggressive advertising unsurpassed and promote, from a corner of the world to another, medical events, medical programs, medical conferences, fairs and exhibitions medical, latest medical innovations, research and updates in different fields of medicine and prominent medical device industry. 
These conferences serve the primary purpose of updating the medical fraternity with recent developments in the medical field, and bring them together for an enriching experience while promoting friendly relations between them socially. They act as a catalyst to bring together a varied genre of medical professionals under one roof to interact, promote and do business in this industry that will eventually lead to better health for the common man.