Open Hearing Announced.  An Open Hearing on the proposed Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in Medical Illustration is scheduled for October 3, 2008.  Please click here for additional information and to review the proposed Standards.

Teaching the Unthinkable.  CAAHEP will be hosting an Emergency Preparedness Workshop, especially for Program Directors, Faculty and Administrators of Health Sciences Education Programs, on November 7-8, 2008, in Orlando, FL.  For more information about the workshops and registration please click here.  To register please click here.

This just in! An additional Emergency Preparedness Workshop has been added on October 20, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  The Workshop is being held in conjunction with the American Association of Medical Assistants, but the workshop is open to all.  For additional information on the workshop, please click here.  To register, please click here.

Congratulations to former CAAHEP Board Member Janet Ghigo, Chairperson of the Committee on Accreditation for Education in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology, on receiving the CAAHEP Exceptional Service Award!  The Award was presented at CAAHEP's Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

Two Standards Updated.  Following the July 25, 2008, Open Hearing, the CAAHEP Board of Directors approved the proposed Standards for Medical Assistant and proposed Standards for Surgical Assistant.  To view these two updated Standards, please click here and select Medical Assistant and Surgical Assistant. 

Mark your Calendars! The next CAAHEP Board Conference Call Meeting is scheduled for September 19, 2008.

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