Professional Development Committee

Professional Development Committee

Committee Chair – Emma Kenny, Partner and Operations Director at AXON Communications.

Objective: To drive forward professional development within the sector through a number of initiatives;

- Raise awareness of CPD standards & certification 

- Promote the HCA as CPD accreditors,

- Run CPD courses

- Deliver hybrid annual conference sessions

- Launch and maintain mentoring programme

Committee Members:

Name	Organisation
Emma Kenny	AXON Communications
Isabelle Scali	Brands2Life
Chris Bath	Aurora Healthcare   Communications
Rebecca Douglas	IPG Health Medical   Communications
Meg Morgan	Real Chemistry

 

Working Group: Medical Communications

Objective: To provide support for healthcare communicators with a focus on medical communications

Name	Organisation
Barbara Byth	Healthcare Consultancy   Group
Andrea Cole	Ashfield MedComms
Chris Hall	Aurora Healthcare   Communications

 

Working Group: Learning Leaders Forum

Objective: To provide engagement with learning leads to continue professional development in the sector

Name	Organisation
Rebecca Douglas	IPG Health Medical   Communications
Meg Morgan	Real Chemistry

 

Working Group: Mentoring

Objective: To connect people in the sector to help each progress and further improve

Name	Organisation
Chris Bath	Aurora Healthcare   Communications
Darcy Bowman	Gilead Sciences
Will Brennan	Ovid Health
Miranda Dini	Independent
Brendan Murphy	Nucleus Global
Isabelle Scali	Brands2Life
Kirsty   Somerscales	Clark Health   Communications

 

Working Group: Science and Data

Objective: To address a gap vs the competency framework by providing L&D opportunities focused on science and data

Name	Organisation
Ellie Collins	Synthesis Health
Emma Gorton	Hanover   Communications
Lynn Hamilton	Synthesis Health
Ruth Slater	Independent