VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
1.) what go hand-in-hand to ensure a professions excellence?
2.) Quality Assurance =
3.) Credentialing =
4.) Accreditation =
5.) Licensure =
6.) Certification = Answer - 1.) Quality Assurance & Credentialing
2.) Quality Assurance = the planned & systematic activities necessary to
provide adequate confidence that the product or service will need given
requirements
3.) Credentialing = means by which professions such as HE/P demonstrate
quality assurance
,- this would be the "planned & systematic activities" used to increase
confidence in a product/service
- Process whereby an individual or a professional preparation program meets
the specified standards established by the credentialing body & is recognized
for having done so
- credentialing confirms quality assurance of programs or people
(one confirms quality assurance via credentialing)
- includes ACCREDITATION, LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION
4.) Accreditation = status of public recognition that an accrediting agency
grants to an EDUCATION INSTITUTION OR PROGRAM that meets the agency's
standards or requirements
EX: accredited university program
EX: school health accreditation (NCATE or TEAC)
EX: PH & CHE accreditation (CEPH)
- helps ensure all students entering the profession have similar training &
preparation
- recognized professional body evaluates a professional preparation program
(recognizing quality of programs/education institutions only)
- Granted to an educational institution or program who has met certain
standards
5.) Licensure = process by which an agency or government (usually state) grants
permission to an INDIVIDUAL to practice a given profession by certifying that
those licensed have attained specific standards of competence
- AGENCY OR GOVERNMENT (often state) grants permission to individuals to
practice a given profession by certifying that those licensed have attained
specific standards of competence
EX: RN, PT, OT, PA
, (if you move to another state you might need to obtain another license)
6.) Certification = p
CHES
&
MCHES Answer - CHES = Certified Health Education Specialist
- available to HES regardless of speciality area
MCHES = Master Certified Health Education Specialist
Credentialing flow chart: Answer - Institutions/programs --> Accreditation
(CEPH & CAEP)
Individuals ---> Certification (CHES, CPH, NBCT)
Individuals ---> Licensure (school health educators)
Individuals ---> Registration (health educators - state registries)
what caused the need for certification in health education? Answer - 1978 -
individual certification for HES was not available & program accreditation was
only for school health and master's level PH programs
(caused great discrepancies in professional preparation)