PMPN Medical Meeting Manager Certificate FAQs
After careful consideration, Professional Meeting Planners Network has launched a rigorous Continuing Medical Education (CME) certificate program for those managers who deliver medical education meetings. PMPN’s certificate program will complement Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certification for Meeting Management (CMM) and emphasize the special requirements of medical education meetings. To receive more detailed information and updates as available please, click here
Why a Continuing Medical Education (CME) certificate program?
Heavy scrutiny by various government agencies and the media makes it imperative that physician education programs comply with all laws, regulations, and guidelines. In fact, compliance is the minimum expectation. Sponsoring organizations expect and deserve medical education that is both effective and beyond reproach.
To help assure on-going and successful compliance, providers and sponsors require that well-trained third parties play an increased role when at events involving physicians. In addition to compliance assurance, these programs build more credibility with physicians, regulators, and the media.
An Ethical Imperative
The pharmaceutical industry and the medical education community face an ethical imperative to respond to its critics and to those charged with its regulation. PMPN is serious about being the leader in delivering ethical, professional, continuing educational meetings to physicians, pharmaceuticals, and other healthcare providers.
PMPN’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) testing/certificate initiative is a major step forward in addressing critically important aspect of physician education.
The Approach
PMPN’s professional network planners will serve as a beta test group during the development phase. We will work closely with those responsible for the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certification for Meeting Management (CMM) certification, as well as organizations such as the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACME) to address all of the issues jointly related to meeting planning and continuing medical education. We plan to exempt those holding a current CMM or CMP designation from those portions of the exam that relate to generic meeting management topics.
A Content Advisory Board (CAB) informs program development and held its first meeting in Baltimore on October 24, 2005. The CAB consists of experts in medical education and regulatory content (CME Guidelines, PHARMA Guidelines, OIG Guidelines, etc.) and experts in meeting logistics.
The Content Advisory Board responsibilities include:
Identify key content related to continuing medical education and meeting planning
Assure that the content is evidence based, rigorous, and comprehensive
Recommend and approve study materials
Outline the process that ensures appropriate learning culture and mastery of the knowledge and skills necessary for certificate
Recommend the appropriate process and content for re-certification
Advise on matters of policy and procedures to assure the integrity of the program.
Content Advisory Board Members include:
Chair, James C. Leist, EdD, FACME
Consultant & Former President, the ACME, Charlotte, NC
Jann T. Balmer, R.N., PhD.
Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education
University of Virginia Health System & Board Member, the ACME
Charlottesville, VA
Joseph S. Green, PhD
President,
Professional Resources Network & Former President, the ACME, Chapel Hill, NC
Robert E. Kristofco MSW
Associate Professor and Director
Division of Continuing Medical Education
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
Barbara McManus, CMP
Vice President, Meetings Management & HR
Embryon Inc., Somerville, NJ
Freda Monk, CMP
Owner
Meetings & Events Management, Humble, TX
Jim Melton, MHA
PMPN’s CEO
Rod Abraham, Certificate Project Director
PMPN’s Founder & Director of New Stuff
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