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Secretary/PA is personal assistant, works closely with senior managerial or directorial staff to provide administrative support, usually on a one-to-one basis. PAs help managers to make the best use of their time by dealing with secretarial and administrative tasks. Someone whose job is to help a manager by writing business letters, organizing meetings etc. A personal assistant is often simply called... 

Business networking is the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other business people and potential clients and/or customers. The key to true business networking is the establishment of a mutually beneficial relationship, and that’s an incredibly rare event at the standard shake-hands-and-exchange your-business-card events that are touted as business networking “opportunities”.... 

Meeting is an event where the primary activity of the attendees is to attend educational sessions, participate in meetings/duscussions, socialize, or attend other organized events. There is no exhibit component to this event. Generally, meeting is gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.   »

A Festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, serves to meet specific needs, as well as to provide entertainment. There are numerous types of festivals in the world. Though many have religious origins, others involve seasonal change or have some cultural significance. Also, certain institutions celebrate their own festival (often called “fests”) to mark some significant... 

The Continuing Medical Education consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, professional performance and relationships that health professionals use to provide services to patients, the public, or the profession.   »

The ACCME’s Mission is the identification, development, and promotion of standards for quality continuing medical education (CME) utilized by physicians in their maintenance of competence and incorporation of new knowledge to improve quality medical care for patients and their communities. www.accme.org   »

The Association for the Study of Medical Education is a membership organization and is unique in that it draws its members from all areas of medical education – undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing – and from all specialties. It has a function as a forum for debate and exchange of information, and is building on its contacts in medicine and teaching in the UK and among other networks,... 

The Association for Medical Education in Europe is a worldwide organisation with members in 90 countries on five continents. Members include educators, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students in medicine and the healthcare professions. AMEE organises an annual conference and delivers courses on teaching, assessment and research skills for teachers in medicine and... 

The Drug Information Association is a neutral, nonprofit, global, professional association of nearly 18,000 members who work in every facet of the discovery, development, and life cycle management of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and related products. DIA is committed to the broad dissemination of information among our members, with continuously improved professional practice as the goal. DIA operates... 

The International Medical Meeting Professionals Association, IMM PA is dedicated to promoting professionalism through advocacy, education, research and service. IMM PA’s purpose is to provide conformity of medical meeting professional’s education, training, certification and networking. IMM PA supports and promotes the life sciences industry through peer directed and operated services, advocacy,...