By Ken Korber
The evolving nature of COVID-19 means information is changing rapidly. We encourage you to reach out to individual organizations and/or conference planners to get the most up-to-date information about any accredited educational initiatives.
When the American College of Cardiology canceled its annual scientific sessions, scheduled for March 28-30 in Chicago, because of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it sent ripples across the continuing education arena.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many live healthcare CPD events. As a result, the upcoming Alliance Industry Summit (AIS), scheduled for May 4-6 in Philadelphia will not be held as scheduled. The Alliance Board is monitoring the situation and considering whether outright cancellation, postponement or an alternative delivery format is the best course of action. We will keep you informed of the path forward as soon as possible.
The Alliance believes it is important for our membership to be aware of the cancelations that may affect our efforts within the continuing professional development (CPD) space. In addition to AIS, the list below is a sampling of events that have been affected by COVID-19 outbreak.
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AAFP – FMX Annual Conference |
Oct. 12-17, In Chicago – Still Scheduled https://www.aafp.org/events/fmx/schedule.html |
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AANP National Conference |
June 23-28, in New Orleans – Still Scheduled |
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Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy |
April 21-24, in Houston – Still Scheduled |
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ACP’s Internal Medicine 2020 |
April 23-25, in Los Angeles [canceled] |
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Aesthetic Society 2020 Meeting |
April 23-27, in Las Vegas – Still Scheduled https://www.surgery.org/ |
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AFPPANP 3rd Annual Conference |
July 24-26, in San Antonio – Still Scheduled https://afppanp.wildapricot.org/2020-AFPPANP-3rd-Annual-Symposium |
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (Annual Meeting) |
March 13-16, in Philadelphia [canceled] |
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American Academy of Dermatology |
March 20-24, in Denver [canceled] |
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American Academy of Neurology |
April 25–May 1, in Toronto [canceled]
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American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons |
March 24-28, in Orlando [canceled] |
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American Association for Cancer Research |
Postponed —To Follow Multiple Schedule Changes: https://www.aacr.org/professionals/meetings/meetings-and-workshops-calendar/ |
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American Association Geriatric Psychiatry |
March 13-16, in San Antonio [canceled] |
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American College of Cardiology |
March 24 – 26, in Chicago [canceled] |
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American College of Healthcare Executives |
March 23-26 in Chicago [canceled] |
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American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) |
March 17-21, in San Antonio [canceled] |
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American College of Surgeons |
Oct, 4-8, in Chicago – Still Scheduled |
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American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) |
March 23-26, in Houston [canceled] |
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American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians |
April 2-4, in Dallas [canceled – postponed until late 2020] |
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America's Health Insurance Plans |
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Antimicrobial Resistance Conference (AMR) |
March 12-13, Basel Switzerland [postponed until August 2020] |
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AORN Global Surgical Conference |
March 28-Apr 2, in Anaheim [canceled] |
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ASCO |
May 29 – Jun 2, in Chicago – Still Scheduled https://meetings.asco.org/am/asco-statement-novel-coronavirus-covid-19 |
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Association of University Tech Managers (AUTM) |
March 8-11, in San Diego [canceled] |
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Cognitive Neuroscience Society |
March 14-17, in Boston [canceled] - moved content online |
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Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) |
March 8-11, in Boston (moved online) |
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Digestive Disease Week |
May 2-5, in Chicago – Still Scheduled https://ddw.org/ |
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DTC National Conference |
April 22-24, in Boston [canceled] – rescheduled for August 2020] |
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Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (ENDO) |
March 28-31, in San Francisco [canceled] |
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European Breast Cancer Conference |
In Barcelona, Spain – postponed until Sept. 30–Oct. 2, 2020 |
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European Society of Cardiology |
March 2020, in Vienna [canceled] |
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EVENT |
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED |
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Experimental Biology Conference |
April 4-7, in San Diego [canceled] |
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Fight Colo-Rectal Cancer (Call-On Congress Meeting) |
March 15-17 , in Wash DC [canceled] – content moved online |
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Future of Individualized Medicine (Scripps Clinic Conference) |
March 12-13, in San Diego [canceled] |
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Genome Science Conference |
September 2020, in Bristol UK (indefinitely postponed for 2020) |
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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
March 8-13, in Orlando [canceled] |
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HIMSS |
March 9-13, in Orlando [canceled] |
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) |
March 19-22, in Orlando [canceled] - postponed to late 2020) |
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National Health Policy Conference and National Conference on the Individual and Small Group Market |
March 18-20, in Wash DC [canceled] |
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National Kidney Foundation – Spring Clinical Meeting |
March 25-29, in New Orleans (Now a Live-Virtual Conference) |
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RNSA |
Nov. 29–Dec. 4, in Chicago – Still Scheduled https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting |
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Seattle Summit on National and Global Cancer Health Disparities |
April 3-4, in Bellevue WA [canceled]– to be rescheduled for Fall 2020] |
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Society for Interventional Radiology |
March 28-Apr 2, in Seattle [canceled] |
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Society of Gynecologic Oncology |
March 28-31, in Toronto [canceled] |
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Society of Toxicology (annual meeting) |
March 15-19, in Anaheim [canceled] |
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South by Southwest (SXSW): Health Ed-Related Activities |
March 13-22, in Austin [canceled] |
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Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Learning Health Systems (SAIL) |
April 27-29, in Bermuda [canceled] – to be rescheduled] |
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Virtual Medicine Conference (vMED) |
March 25-26, at Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr [canceled] |
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World Education Conference |
June 6, in Grapevine TX – Still Scheduled https://worldeducationcongress.com/ |
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World Patient Safety, Science and Technology Summit |
March 5-7, in Los Angeles (postponed – yet to be rescheduled) |
As is typically reported, the “difficult decision” to cancel a CE conference is made not only in consideration of information and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), but also because institutions are increasingly putting travel restrictions on personnel (ie, faculty and attendees).
Again, we encourage you to reach out to individual organizations to get the most up-to-date information about any accredited educational initiatives.
For more information about COVID-19, visit the CDC and WHO websites.
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