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Accredited National Health Educaiton Certification: Quality Assurance in the Public Health Education Workforce

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Establishing a system of quality assurance is a critical component of ensuring a competent public health education workforce prepared to address health improvement and disease prevention. The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) has developed voluntary health education certifications in alignment with national certification accreditation standards including a job analysis and recertification requirements. A recent advanced- level experience documentation process used by NCHEC and a government recognized health education certification exam introduced in 2010 in South Korea offer possible alternate means to evaluate competency on a global level. Efforts to advocate for health and health education can be enhanced by documented quality assurance efforts.
Session Objectives: Analyze lessons learned from geographically diverse certification organizations that can be used globally to ensure a competent health education workforce. Discuss certification requirements of CHES and MCHES that have been developed to be in compliance with national certification accreditation standards. Describe methods to advocate for health education.
Moderator:
Melissa Rehrig
Organizer:
Melissa Rehrig

10:30am
Keeping current in health education: Processes to verify practice of health education specialists   
Dixie Dennis, PhD, MCHES, James McKenzie, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, CAE, M. Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES and Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES
     
10:50am
Global quality assurance of health education specialists: Considerations in certification   
Kelly Wilson, PhD, MCHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, CAE, Sungsoo Chun, PhD, MPH, Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES and Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES
     
  
11:10am
Significance of national standards and accreditation in certification programs   
Blossom Paravattil, MPH,CHES, Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, CAE, Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES and Stephen Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, MHum, MCHES
     
11:30am
How to advocate for health education, while marketing the ches and mches credentials   
Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES, Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES, Kelly Wilson, PhD, MCHES and Linda Lysoby, MS, MCHES, CAE
     

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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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