Continuing
Education Policies and Procedures
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Opportunities
for earning continuing education contact hours (CECH) will
be expanded in accordance with the guidelines set forth
on this Web and in the policies and procedure document mail
to all CHES.
Definitions:
Areas
of Responsibility are the broad
entry-level skills necessary for the practice of health
education in all setting. Each Area of Responsibility
is assigned related competencies as outline in the CHES
Responsibility and Competencies.
Continuing
Education Contact Hours (CECH) are earned through participation
in experiences that assist in the development or enhancement
of the knowledge and skills directly related to the Areas
of Responsibility and the individual's professional
occupation.
Professional
Development is the application of planned learning activities
designed to maintain and enhance one's competence in health
education following a previously attained level of professional
preparation (adapted from Report of the 2000 Joint Committee
on Health Education and Promotion Terminology).
Activities
are the individual methods (described within each of the
activity types) by which continuing education contact hours
(CECH) may be earned. As always, personal and professional
integrity should guide all CECH claims and documentation.
Category
I refers to CECH opportunities that relate to one or
more of the Areas of Responsibility, and have been
preapproved by NCHEC (offered by Designated Providers).
Category
II refers to CECH opportunities that relate to one or
more of the Areas of Responsibility, but have not
been preapproved by NCHEC (offered by nondesignated providers).
Documentation
is the evidence needed to support a CECH claim.
Earning
CECH:
- NCHEC
encourages training in all the Areas of Responsibility,
as continued competence in all areas is essential to effective
health education practice
- CHES
may earn CECH through completion of any of the following
activities:
- Each
activity is worth a specific number of CECH
- CECH
may not be claimed for activities, events, or experiences
that are part of the daily job requirements
- CECH
for similar or closely-related activities may not be counted
more than once. For example, CHES may not claim dual or
additional CECH for:
- concurrently
taking a graduate thesis course and writing
the thesis
- attending
seminars or workshops that are a normal part of a
traineeship or mentorship for which CECH are claimed
- publishing
or republishing the same or a similar article in multiple
publications or media (print or electronic)
- presenting
at and attending the same session at a conference
- As
always, personal and professional integrity should guide
all CECH claims and documentation
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