In preparation for tomorrow’s 3 p.m. ET session entitled Common/Not-So-Common Case Conundrums in CME (sponsored by CME Matters), we have included below two PDFs that lay out the details of each case.

The first case is focused on common issues encountered by those who work for medical education and communication companies (MECCs) while the second is focused on those who work in a hospital setting. Really, though, the issues in each case are relevant across professional settings and should give you plenty to consider and think about.

While it’d be great if our audience read through these cases in advance of tomorrow’s session, we realize that that is not terribly realistic, so we will be reviewing the nuts and bolts of each case before each panel dives in with their thoughts. But for you go-getters who like to, you know, be prepared and all, here are links to each case.

Case 1 link
Case 2 link

Where do I watch CMEpalooza Fall?
You watch it on the LIVE page.

Will people be able to hear me on the Hangout?
No. You are not on the Hangout. You are only watching a video feed of the Hangout. You can sing The Humpty Dance at the top of your lungs and no one will hear you except your neighbors, who might call the police, who might interrupt you while watching CMEpalooza. So, don’t sing The Humpty Dance at the top of your lungs while watching CMEpalooza.

Can I watch CMEpalooza Fall at the office?
Yes.

Can I watch CMEpalooza Fall at home?
Yes.

Can I watch CMEpalooza Fall in a conference room with 100 other people?
Please do.

Can I watch CMEpalooza Fall at the top of Machu Picchu? 
I doubt you can get wifi there, but sure, go for it.

Can I watch CMEpalooza Fall with Hillary Clinton?
I don’t know. Let’s ask her.

I guess she’s busy.

Do I have to pre-register or register?
Nope.

Do I have to pay anything to watch CMEpalooza Fall? I love paying registration fees.

No. You don’t have to pay anything to watch CMEpalooza.

Do I have to take a survey afterward?
Well, you don’t have to, but it would be nice if you did. It’s only seven questions and shouldn’t take you more than 60 seconds. If it takes you more than 60 seconds, Scott will bake you a shoo-fly pie and hand deliver it to your home.

How do I ask questions to the presenters?
Good question. There are three ways you can ask questions:

1. Send a text to the CMEpalooza text line at 267-666-0CME (0263)
2. Tweet a question using the #CMEpalooza hashtag
3. Click on the Google Slides link on the LIVE page and enter your question there

Longtime CMEpalooza participants will notice that option #3 is different than in years past. When Google in their infinite wisdom made the decision to drop Google Hangouts On Air and merge the Hangout platform with YouTube Live, one of the things they dropped was their handy Q&A app. We liked using the Q&A app with our CMEpalooza sessions and were disappointed when they discontinued it, but we’re professionals around here and we’ve learned how to deal with adversity. Here’s video of my reaction upon hearing the news:

Fortunately, the Google Slides hack for asking questions is actually quite simple and should be a nice alternative to the Q&A app.

Do I have to watch all the sessions?
YES! No. Watch what interests you.

What if I’m busy during the day of the live broadcast?
All the sessions will be archived on the website, probably within 15 minutes of the conclusion of the session. How are we able to do it so fast? We have a new intern who is a real crackerjack on the interwebs. Here he is hard at work, writing our latest blog post.

Is CMEpalooza Fall really 2 days away (yes)? Are we really ready (I hope so)? Have you registered for every session you are interested in (I hope not, since there is no such thing as registration for CMEpalooza)?

We’re a little less than 48 hours away from the start of CMEpalooza Fall and we’ll be throwing a few things out at everyone as we make our final preparations. Here is what you can expect the next few days:

• Tomorrow morning, we’ll be putting up the case studies that will be discussed during our 3 p.m. ET session sponsored by CME Matters, “Common/Not-So-Common Case Conundrums in CME.” Everyone is certainly invited to read through both cases in advance of the session, though we’ll be reviewing the nuts and bolts of each case during the session itself. Perhaps most importantly, tomorrow morning will be the first time that our case discussants will see their case — we’re trying to introduce some real-world time pressure into each scenario.
• Derek will also put together his usual pithy primer tomorrow on how to watch CMEpalooza Fall and answer some of the more common questions we receive. Hopefully, he’ll also briefly review the new way we’re offering live viewers to ask questions of our presenters, though I wouldn’t be surprised if he forgets. Either way, we’ll be including details on this during each CMEpalooza Fall session.
• We’ll be lighting up the usual social media channels with weird memes and promotional posts to remind you about all of the interesting things we have in store during our live broadcasts. Please feel free to help us by using the #CMEpalooza hashtag on Twitter.
• At 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, CMEpalooza Fall will officially begin with our kickoff session sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education, LLC, “The Brief, Wondrous Life of a Grant Request.” Derek put out a call last week to submit questions for this session. There is still time to add your question to the queue if you’d like. Keep it clean, folks.