Live Webinar December 13th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Healthcare CoP® (REP #S040)

Being an effective project management in healthcare begins by understanding how the industry is different than most.

We will help you understand why the healthcare industry is seeing a sudden surge in project management growth, as knowing the reasons will help project managers better position themselves to manage healthcare projects.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn why healthcare project management is growing.
2. Understand the unique challenges of managing healthcare projects.
3. Discuss real techniques that can be used to improve stakeholder participation & project success.

Presenters:

Dan Furlong, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMMS (LinkedIn profile) co-author of Healthcare Project Management, manages the Project Management Office for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and teaches project management in MUSC’s Master in Health Administration program. In 2007 he was named “PMI Charleston’s Person of the Year” and “GMIS International’s IT Professional of the Year” for his work promoting and supporting project management efforts within the state. In 2008 he graduated from PMI’s Leadership Institute Masters Class, an elite class that only accepts 50 people into their program annually.

Kathy Schwalbe, Ph.D., PMP (LinkedIn profile) is a Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. She is the author of Information Technology Project Management, An Introduction to Project Management, and Healthcare Project Management, co-authored with Dan Furlong in May 2013. Kathy was named the Educator of the Year by the Association of Information Technology Professionals in 2011. Her first full-time job was as a project manager in the U.S. Air Force. For more information, see www.kathyschwalbe.com.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

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