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Medical groups surprised by tepid reception overseas

Want to know what potential members, attendees and customers from foreign countries want from a U.S. association?Why not ask them?That’s what the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), nine medical groups and consulting firm Global Navigators did through a comprehensive survey last year.The Global Navigators study focused on why foreign doctors do or don’t engage with U.S. medical societies. It also asked among other things what barriers to participation they encounter, such as a lack of funding or travel restrictions.There were some surprising results.Only 40% of the 3,157 respondents — all physicians from outside the U.S. — reported that U.S. clinical practice guidelines are… Read More