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Meetings and Conventions

Attendees at TCT Conference 2007

We convene more than 50 educational meetings each year, ranging from international scientific symposia to smaller conferences and teaching programs. Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), our signature educational event, is the largest privately run medical meeting in the world. TCT brings together more than 10,000 physicians, health care professionals, industry colleagues, and government regulators. We also sponsor a variety of other specialized educational activities that focus on emerging clinical areas of need.

We can help you achieve your educational goals, whether you wish to work with our physician leaders to plan and execute a concept from the ground up, or you require a professional support network to bring your ideas to fruition. Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, our Meetings and Conventions Department is capable of designing, planning, publicizing, and coordinating a variety of programs:

  • CME-accredited symposia and meetings
  • Satellite symposia at nationally and internationally recognized conferences
  • Specialized physician training programs
  • Catheterization lab observation and preceptorship programs
  • Regional meetings
  • Specialty workshops
  • Product training and other non-CME activities
We can also provide:
  • Needs assessment
  • Program overview and learning objectives
  • CME accreditation
  • Faculty selection and management
  • Program evaluation and reporting
  • Site and vendor selection
  • Contract services
  • Budget development and management
  • Pre-meeting, post-meeting, and on-site support
  • Registration management
  • Logistics management
  • Target audience identification
  • Specialized mailings and e-blast services

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TCTMD

CRF manages TCTMD.com (TCTMD), a leading resource for interventional cardiovascular news and education. Launched in 2000, the Web site provides daily news coverage of the interventional cardiovascular industry to its membership of over 70,000 health care professionals. It also provides the most comprehensive, continuously updated library of clinical information amalgamated from multiple resources around the globe.

TCTMD Gold, the subscription-based version of TCTMD, provides its members with additional content throughout the year, including multimedia and PowerPoint versions of slides as well as other premium content.

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Creative Services

CRF Studios, the Creative Services Department of CRF, produces materials that showcase research programs and educational activities for both CRF and our partners. Specializing in all forms of media, we develop marketing and branding initiatives designed to broadcast an organization’s mission and activities to its target audience. Working in tandem with the Editorial Services Department, our multimedia and graphic design teams create a variety of innovative, state-of-the-art materials to assist you in your education, communication, and marketing endeavors.

Multimedia services include:
  • Full-service, high-definition video production and post-production services
  • CD and DVD development and production
  • Online interactive training programs and courses
  • 3-D modeling and animation
  • Presentation design
  • Web site design and development
  • Online streaming media
Graphic design capabilities include:
  • Brochures, flyers, and syllabi
  • Promotional materials
  • Design and packaging of CDs and DVDs
  • Medical illustrations

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Editorial Services

Our Editorial Services Department develops and distributes educational materials intended for physicians, allied health care providers, scientists, researchers, industry professionals, government agencies, and the general public. We specialize in communicating with and informing broad audiences through the creation of sophisticated and enduring materials, such as:

  • Web sites
  • Web casts
  • Meeting reports
  • Daily news content
  • White papers

Working together with the Meetings and Conventions and Creative Services departments, we produce and manage content for syllabi, brochures, and promotional materials for a variety of meetings and programs. Our editorial services also include:

  • Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Fact-checking

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