by Tera Tuten on January 24, 2012
Each year, there are thousands of medical conferences and more than a thousand conferences specific or related to nursing of note in the U.S.
Whether you get to pick a few, have a limited number you can go to, or get asked to weigh-in on which ones you could get sent to, it’s always good to have some conference buzz and meeting intel well in advance.
So, for a month-by-month snapshot of the lay of the land in 2013, check out our look-ahead at 15 important nursing conferences you might want to consider: [continue reading…]
by Tera Tuten on January 10, 2012

Perhaps you’re looking to start out right your first year on the conference circuit.
Perhaps you’ve got a yearly budget or allowance for professional development and want to make the most of it.
Or maybe you’re looking for a snapshot of what conferences are happening this year in a particular month or specialty.
Either way, we’ve got you covered below, with our picks for the top conferences in each of several specialties for 2012:
Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Administration Assembly 2012 Medical Group Management Association
April 15-18, Scottsdale, Arizona
http://www.mgma.com/aaa2012/
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting
April 28-May 2, 2012
http://www.scahq.org/
American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the
May 16-19, 2012, Honolulu, Hawaii
http://www.ampainsoc.org/http://www.ampainsoc.org/meeting/annual_12/
American Society of Anesthesiologists 2012 Annual Meeting
October 12-17, 2012, Washington DC
http://www.asahq.org/For-Members/Education-and-Events/Calendar-of-Events/2012/October/ASA-ANNUAL-MEEETING.aspx
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by Tera Tuten on March 2, 2011

There are more than a thousand nursing conferences in the U.S. (depending on what qualifies to you as a conference) in 2012.
And while you may get to pick one each year or be mandated to go to many, just choosing can be a nightmare.
In the interest of helping separate the wheat from the chaff, here are our picks – based on prominence, content, innovation, and timeliness – of the top 15 conferences for 2012:
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by Tera Tuten on February 10, 2011
60+ top medical conferences by profession
In many cases, specialists and general practitioners alike have very specific conferences on their yearly hit-list. Occasionally – even yearly – an opportunity will arise to go to one or two additional conferences…But which one(s) to go to…

Below is our custom-designed hit-list of some of the largest, most prominent, and most comprehensive American medical conferences, sorted by specialty: [continue reading…]
by Ryan Winter on May 26, 2010
Though the main purpose of such meetings is to enlighten your mind, add to your skill set, and allow you to collaborate with your peers, it doesn’t hurt when the venue for your latest professional development opportunity doubles as a post-meeting vacation paradise.

Let’s be honest, you’d rather go to a conference in a sunny, tropical, interesting, and/or exciting location rather than, say, Delaware (sorry Delaware…)
So file your delegate bag and tear-off that lanyard: We’ve got the first and best list of select general and specialty 2010 medical conferences with serious exotic locale potential (not that you’re there for anything but the sessions…)
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