DALLAS
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced Tuesday it has purchased the Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC) program from the International Medical Meeting Professionals Association (IMMPA).
Launched in 2013, the certificate program is accredited through Saint Louis University and teaches participants critical information on compliance regulations, laws and techniques for managing healthcare meetings. MPI will deliver an enhanced HMCC course on August 2, 2014, before the opening of its upcoming World Education Congress (WEC) at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
As part of the acquisition, MPI will partner with Saint Louis University’s Center for Workforce & Organizational Development to facilitate the HMCC program. The association has also appointed Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC, founder of IMMPA and principal instructor of the HMCC program, as its new director of professional development, healthcare sector. Schaumann will lead content development of new healthcare educational offerings and continue to manage the certificate program for MPI, ensuring a seamless transition from IMMPA, which recently discontinued operations.
Each year, MPI plans to offer numerous HMCC sessions during industry conferences, at Saint Louis University and via private sessions for companies and organizations. MPI has enhanced the program by extending the course from three hours to four hours of robust lecture and discussion activities. Moreover, program participants will now earn 4.0 clock hours compared to the previous 3.0 clock hours upon completion of the class, which complements the healthcare subspecialty of the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) program offered by the Convention Industry Council (CIC).
Detailed information on MPI’s HMCC program will be published on the association’s website this summer. In the meantime, please visit http://tinyurl.com/MPIHMCC for program details provided by Saint Louis University. To register for the HMCC class and other healthcare education sessions offered at WEC 2014, see www.mpiweb.org/wec.
