Medical & clinical congresses
Medical conference management software
What does medical conference management software need to do?
Medical conference management software has to handle what a clinical or scientific congress adds to an ordinary event: case reports and research abstracts under blind review, conflict-of-interest rules for reviewers, sessions that carry CME, CPD or CE credit, attendance measured session by session, and the attendance evidence an accredited provider needs before it awards credit.
A medical congress runs the same scholarly workflow as any academic meeting and adds two obligations: stricter conflict-of-interest handling in review, and attendance evidence good enough for continuing-education credit.
At a glance
- Case study and research abstract submission types
- Double-blind review by default, with same-institution conflicts skipped
- Tracks by specialty, carried from the call into the program
- CME, CPD or CE credit values per session
- Credits computed from session check-ins against a minimum attendance
- Session check-in that works offline and merges across phones
- Certificate settings and preview; issuing on request
What a medical congress adds to an academic meeting
- Case reports alongside research abstracts, often in separate tracks by specialty.
- Reviewers drawn from a small field, where many know the authors — which makes blinding and conflict rules matter more.
- Sessions that carry continuing-education credit, and a minimum attendance before credit counts.
- Attendance recorded session by session, in rooms where the signal is often poor.
- Documentation after the meeting that an accredited provider can rely on.
Abstracts and case reports
The call for abstracts offers Case study as a submission type next to oral and poster presentations, with tracks by specialty — cardiology, imaging, prevention, whatever your program committee uses. The word limit, co-author rules and required affiliations are set per call.
Review in a field where everyone knows everyone
Peer review defaults to double blind: reviewers receive the abstract without author names or affiliations. Reviewers are never assigned their own work, reviewers from an author’s institution are skipped when that rule is on, and a reviewer who recognizes a conflict can declare it and step aside. The committee sees every score and recommendation side by side, and makes each decision itself.
Credit counted from session check-in
Choose the credit program — CME, CPD or CE — and give each accredited session its credit value, in quarter-credit steps. Then set the rules: whether attendees must be checked in to the event, whether each session needs its own check-in, and the minimum share of a session someone must attend for it to count — 50, 80 or 100 percent.
Credits earned are calculated from the check-ins, not typed in, so nobody can edit a total by hand. The arithmetic is set out on CME credit and certificate software, and the CME credit calculator lets you try it on your own sessions.
What accreditation asks for, and who provides it
WebMobi measures attendance and totals credit; it does not accredit activities or designate credit. For AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ in the United States, the AMA authorizes only accredited CME providers — organizations accredited by the ACCME or by a state medical society the ACCME recognizes — to designate and award credit.
For a live activity, the AMA’s rules designate one credit per 60 minutes of educational time, in 0.25-credit increments rounded to the nearest quarter hour, and physicians claim credit for the time they actually took part. Where concurrent sessions run, the time counts once. The documentation given to a physician must show at least their name, the accredited provider, the activity title, the learning format, the date and the number of credits awarded, and providers keep those records for at least six years.
Session-level check-in data is what makes those numbers defensible: who was in which session, from when to when.
Certificates of attendance
Alongside the credit rules you choose a certificate template (Classic or Modern), who signs it and how it is delivered, and preview the certificate an attendee would receive, with their name, the event and the credits earned. The workspace lists who is eligible: attendees checked in to the event and, where credit rules are set, with credits above zero.
On the day
Staff scan attendees into each session with a phone. Scanning keeps working without signal and merges across phones when they reconnect, so one attendee scanned on two devices counts once. Walk-ins can be registered at the door. Attendees follow the program and their own schedule in the conference app.
Frequently asked questions
Is WebMobi an accredited CME provider?
No. WebMobi records attendance and calculates credit under the rules you set. Accreditation, credit designation and the final award belong to your accredited provider.
Can we issue CME certificates from WebMobi?
Certificate settings, a preview and the list of eligible attendees are in place. Issuing and verification are available on request — ask for a walkthrough.
Does session check-in work without internet?
Yes. Scanning continues offline and the scans merge across devices when they reconnect.
Can reviewers from the same hospital be kept off each other’s abstracts?
Yes. With “skip same institution” on, a reviewer is not assigned a submission from an author at their own institution, and reviewers can also declare a conflict themselves.
Sources
- American Medical Association — The AMA Physician’s Recognition Award and credit system (2017 revision) — Who may designate AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; the live-activity credit rule; what credit documentation must show.
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