(Yawning and stretching)

Man I love Daylight Savings Time. Losing that hour of sleep as we “spring forward” is such a joy. The sacrifices we make for the farmers…

Yes, we know everyone needs a little jolt of energy this morning, so we’ve got just the thing to go along with your large iced vanilla latte with extra foam (note from Derek: gross) — the CMEpalooza Spring agenda!

That’s right, today is the special day where we show you (most of) the education that we have in store for our Spring extravaganza, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22. Our live sessions will run from 9 am-5 pm ET, with the recorded versions available pretty much immediately. We rely on abstract submissions from our community for the Spring meeting, and we’re always pleasantly surprised with how creative people are in coming up with unique and fun ways to educate the CMEpalooza community.

Please check out what we have in store and open up your work calendars to mark those sessions you want to watch (you don’t have to watch them all live, though you certainly could/should). There are still a few holes in the agenda that will be filled in shortly. There is going to be a lot of creativity and interesting ways to bring forth interaction with our audience (that’s you). Should be fun.

Click here to check out the 2026 CMEpalooza Spring agenda

Inevitably in the halls of the annual Alliance conference (which occured last week in Atlanta), Derek and I are approached by people who say something along the lines of the following:

“I have a great idea for a CMEpalooza session (and then they’ll tell us said idea). I think it would really be something you’ll like.”

And so we tell them, “That’s great. We’d be happy to consider your idea for inclusion in our Spring agenda. I can’t promise anything, but please go ahead and submit your idea through our abstract submission portal. Just be sure it gets submitted by Monday. That’s when the abstracts are due.”

“OH MY GOD. MONDAY! ARE YOU SURE?”

(Silently in my head: “Yes, I am sure. We have noted the submission deadline on every blog post we have written regarding our submission process.”)

Out loud after some internal filtering: “We don’t really ask for a lot beyond what you just told me. Even if you have a ‘mostly complete’ idea for a session, go ahead and submit it. We often get submissions with ‘Additional panelists will be invited upon idea approval’ or something like that. While it’s preferable to have a full team in place and a complete idea for your session, we are OK during the proposal stage with ‘mostly complete.’ We want to get as many good ideas to choose from as possible.”

So, as you dig out from yet another snowstorm (well, as long as you live in the Northeast corridor), take a break and remember to submit your session for CMEpalooza Spring. When we say the deadline for submissions is 5 pm ET today, we really do mean it. Our hope is to select sessions and contact the winners (and losers) within a few days to begin putting together our educational schedule for Wednesday, April 22 (which is when our Spring event is occuring).

Click here for all of the information you need about CMEpalooza Spring

 

If you missed previous segments of the CMEslinger saga, you can read them here:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6

And now, our latest segment:

Part 7 (Scott)

The man in black could hear the conversation between Sierra and the CMEslinger, could hear her explaining how she had met the Tower CEO’s oldest son, Anthony, during one of her regular birdwatching group outings 2 years ago and now counted him as one of her closest friends. There was something about how Anthony meets his dad on the first Saturday morning of every month for what they called “a day of culture” with each of them responsible for planning the day during alternating weeks. But really, he wasn’t paying attention.

On her way out the door, Marge had handed the man in black the lyrics he would have to learn for his lyrical presentation with Tower CEO Thomas Vandersnook. It was, well, it was a lot.

Docs Want Their CME
(Sung to the tune of Money for Nothing by The Dire Straits)

(Intro)
(Falsetto) Docs Want Their CME

(Verse 1)
Look at that line item, that’s not the way you do it
Promo spending climbing year after year
That ain’t working; that’s not the way you do it
Change practice with funding for CME

What you’re doing man, that ain’t working; that’s not the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, those docs ain’t dumb
Maybe your sales force hit a few of ‘em with a big-time pitch
Maybe your MSLs have 2 or 3 of them under their thumb

(Chorus)
We gotta focus on clinical outcomes, those evidence-based gains
We got the data that learners need, no more waste with ads on TV

(Verse 2)
All those actors with their dresses and their makeup
No way anyone believes what they have to say
All those actors making it sound so pretty
Until those side effects read off over the air

(Chorus x2)
We gotta focus on clinical outcomes, those evidence-based gains
We got the data that learners need, no more waste with ads on TV

(Verse 3)
We need to learn… to trust accredited providers
We need to learn… to make their data work for us
Look at those learners, with their thirst for clinical knowledge
We need to give them what they want

Five minutes of face time with a doc, what’s that?
Hello, goodbye, here’s a pen?
Wasting time and money so you can control the message
That ain’t working; that’s not the way to do it
Change practice with funding for CME

(Chorus)
We gotta focus on clinical outcomes, those evidence-based gains
We got the data that learners need, no more waste with ads on TV

(Verse 4)
Listen here
So here’s the proposal
A reallocation of dollars, a realignment of priorities
That’s the way you do it
Change practice with funding for CME
What you’re doing ain’t workin; that’s not the way to do it
Throwing promo money out the window like it’s free
That ain’t working; that’s not the way to do it
Change practice with funding for CME

Look at this data, look at it
See how we can move the needle
Change practice with funding for CME
Easy, easy choices
Easy, easy improvements
Easy, easy funding decisions
That’s what’s workin’
Change practice with funding for CME

(Outro)
(Falsetto) Docs Want Their CME