About Us
As a ministry of Christian Medical & Dental Associations, Christian Healthcare Executive Collaborative (CHEC) is a community of Christian healthcare executives who inspire and support one another. We seek to encourage connection, promote excellence and integrate faith and work.

Service to the Kingdom

  • Support and encourage involvement with healthcare missions both domestically and internationally
  • Volunteer to serve as consultants to both international and domestic healthcare mission organizations
  • Provide expertise and develop educational resources for training healthcare executives and leaders
  • Mentor and coach future Christian healthcare executives and administrative leaders

We are excited to share details about the International Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Management (I-PGDHCM)—a comprehensive course designed to equip professionals with the skills needed to lead and manage healthcare systems effectively.

This program is ideal for those working in hospitals, healthcare programs, and community health initiatives, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

📌 Key Highlights:
Holistic Learning: Covers health systems, hospital & program management, leadership, policy, and governance.
Flexible Online Format: Learning via Moodle (LMS) with monthly virtual sessions.
Hands-on Training: A 5-day facilitated observership for practical exposure.
Eligibility: Open to healthcare professionals and those with management experience in healthcare.

 

📅 Last Date to Apply: 24th February 2025

🔹 Course Details & Prospectus: I-PGDHCM Prospectus
🔹 Apply Now: Application Form

Connecting & Engaging

CHEC Christian Healthcare Executive Collaboration Connections

Develop an active community among Christian healthcare executive and administrative leaders

Promote Christian truth in the healthcare industry using biblical principles

Recruit, place and grow individuals in leadership positions both domestically and internationally

Join and Invite

are you a current CMDA member with an Executive or Administrative role in healthcare?  Collaborate with other CHEC members by joining us! Do you know Christian Healthcare Executives who would be interested in CHEC.  Send them this link to the CHEC Website

CHEC Forums

Download the CMDA Go app and go to CHEC Forums.  This is a place to pose a question, discuss a topic in healthcare, look for leadership advice, and more.

Prayer Meetings

Every month, join like-minded Christian Healthcare Executives to talk together and pray for each other.  Sign up here for a calendar invite email.

Members in Your Area

Would you like to find fellow CHEC or CMDA leaders in your area?  Go to the CMDA Go App.  Only members who sign in to the CMDA Go App can see each other.  This will let you search by type and by location to find other members in your area

Meetings

We will be a the CMDA National Convention 2023 in Cincinnati, April 27-30th.  CHEC is leading pre-conference workshops. Come take part in our leadership workshops and meet like-minded Christian Healthcare Executives!

Mentorship | Service

Wanting to be a mentor, or be mentored by a fellow CHEC member.  Would you be willing to mentor a missionary executive or international executive?  Go to our Service to the Kingdom section to find opportunities to serve

Resources

Utilize the breadth of the CMDA organization to look into topics that impact your healthcare work.

CMDA Go App

Find the CHEC document folder. This will have documents such as previous CHEC newsletters, leadership topics, discussion forums, event notifications, and more.

CMDA Policy Statements

CMDA’s official policy views on a number of current bioethical health topics, and opportunities for political action

CMDA Learning Center

Find topics on leadership, coaching classes, CE courses, Faith Prescriptions®, and many more.

Center for Well-Being

Improve your personal and professional wellness, find a Christian life coach, take a class, and more.

Placement Services

Looking for a new job, or needing to advertise a position. Connect through CMDA Placement Services

Service to the Kingdom

Support and encourage involvement with healthcare missions both domestically and internationally

Volunteer to serve as consultants to both international and domestic healthcare mission organizations

Provide expertise and develop educational resources for training healthcare executives and leaders

Mentor and coach future Christian healthcare executives and administrative leaders

International Trips

Connections to other ministries – again send us your information above and check out the CMDA App forums. We are looking for both opportunities and willing participants to help in administrative connections/ consulting/ teaching both in person and virtually. 

MENTORING

looking for a mentor or interested in being a mentor?  We envision experienced administrators mentoring and encouraging young administrators, particularly those in ministry settings, and in international missions.  Go to the CHEC forum on the CMDA Go App and fill out the survey above as we build our CHEC database of service opportunities and CHEC members who are ready to serve. Also if you are interested in becoming a better mentor, check out the Center for Well-being program - Mentoring with a Coach Approach.

Give to CHEC

CHEC is a new division of CMDA. Would you help us financially to begin this ministry? Funds will be used for joining into conferences like those above, to send CHEC representatives on international consulting or teaching trips, as well as mailings and other day to day needs.

Contact Us

If you would like to know more about our activities and outreach or have any questions about membership, please contact us.

News & Events

CMDA CEO Dr. Mike Chupp interviewed Warren White and Ben Anderson to discuss the new Christian Healthcare Executive Collaborative. Listen here.

On another episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. David Stevens and Dr. Greg Neal discuss the Christian Healthcare Executive Collaborative, a growing specialty section of CMDA that connects healthcare leaders with opportunities to connect with one another, as well as to serve the kingdom of God through cross-cultural missions. Listen here.

 

Do you want to connect with other CHEC members? Join CMDA, and the CHEC Section and download the CMDA Go App. The CHEC group in the App will enable you to connect and network with other CHEC members!

Membership

Christian Healthcare Executive Collaborative (CHEC) Membership Application

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