5207.0 A Historical and Significant Event in Health Education Certification: A Look at a Unique Process for Validating Practice

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing’s (NCHEC) establishment of an advanced-level certification is a significant event in the history of health education specialist certification. More specifically, the process used by NCHEC to identify, review, and approve the experience of advanced-level health education specialists to become Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) is unique. This process gave NCHEC the opportunity to assess how current Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) understand, apply, and articulate the advanced-level Sub-competencies in health education.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss and summarize the Experience Documentation Opportunity (EDO) as an efficient mechanism for conferring the inaugural cohort of Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES). 2. Explain the process and rationale for policies, procedures, and best practices in administering the EDO process 3. Summarize the EDO applicants’ feedback on the assessment process
Moderator:
Nicolette Warren, MS, MCHES

12:30pm
A Summative Report of Applications Submitted to the Experience Documentation Opportunity for the Master Certified Health Education Specialist Credential
Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES, Blossom Paravattil, MPH,CHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES, Lori Elmore, MPH, CHES and Stephen Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, MHum, MCHES
     
12:50pm
Results of an Online Survey of MCHES Experience Documentation Opprtunity (EDO) applicants
Michael Perko, PhD, MCHES, FAAHE, Blossom Paravattil, MPH,CHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES and Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES
     
1:10pm
Understanding of the Application of Advanced Practice Health Educator Sub-competencies by Certified Health Education Specialists
Stephen Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, MHum, MCHES, Blossom Paravattil, MPH,CHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, Michael Perko, PhD, MCHES, FAAHE, Ellen Edmonds, PhD, MCHES and Michael McNeil, EdD, MS, CHES
     
1:30pm
Experience Documentation in Assessing Professional Practice: Lessons from Awarding Advanced Certification to Health Education Specialists
Stephen Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, MHum, MCHES, Dixie Dennis, PhD, MCHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES and W. William Chen, PhD, CHES
     

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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