AMA's 28th Annual Medical Communications Conference

Paradise Point Resort and Spa

Join leading medical communications professionals, journalists and technology gurus at the American Medical Association's 28th Annual Medical Communications Conference, April 16-18, 2008, at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa, San Diego, Calif.

Get hands-on communications training and hear from top-level medical communicators, government leaders and national journalists.

This conference earns rave reviews from physicians interested in improving their message delivery, professional communicators looking to sharpen their skills and learn new ones, and new communicators and journalists hoping to break into the field.

Dr. Julian Bailes, coal mine survivor Randall McCloy, Jr. and Dr. Larry Roberts (left to right).

Breakfast keynote session, 8:00-9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 17 -- "Doctoring through a media frenzy"

In early January 2006, news media from around the world descended on a small town in West Virginia after an explosion at the Sago Mine. Almost two days later, the lone survivor from a group of 13 miners was pulled from an underground chamber that had flooded with toxic gases. Two West Virginia physicians were on the front lines throughout the chaotic media frenzy that surrounded their trauma center in the days and weeks following the tragedy. Drs. Julian Bailes and Larry Roberts, along with WVU Healthcare communications staffer Amy Johns, will discuss how they navigated the medical and media challenges that accompanied this tragedy and how their ability to do so successfully played a crucial role in saving the life of coal miner Randal McCloy, Jr.

Luncheon keynote session, 12:00-1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 – "Leading With Laughter: How U.S. Presidents Use Humor to Relate, Motivate and Communicate -- And How You Can, Too"

Malcolm Kushner,
humor consultant, author of
Public Speaking for Dummies

Malcolm Kushner, “America’s Favorite Humor Consultant,” is an internationally acclaimed expert on humor and communication. A co-creator of the humor exhibit at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Kushner is the author of several books including Public Speaking For Dummies. Kushner has been profiled in Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post and numerous other publications. His television and radio appearances include CNN, National Public Radio, CNBC, "Voice of America" and "The Larry King Show."

Accreditation statement
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation statement
The American Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.