What's New?
2011 Conference Speakers
The NAHUC Education Board is recruiting speakers for the 2011 conference in Henderson, Nevada on August 3-6. The conference theme is professional development. Speaker forms are due no later than October 1. If you are interested, click here for the potential speaker form.
NAHUC Member Input Needed for NAHUC Board of Directors Realignment Proposed Plan
click here to review proposed changes
NAHUC Certification Exam Job Analysis
The NAHUC certification examination is designed as a nationally administered comprehensive job-related objective examination. The examination measures knowledge and skills in areas of job performance. The NAHUC Certification Board relies on a diverse group of certified health unit coordinators to determine the content outline of the exam.
The Certification Board has formed a Job Analysis Advisory Committee with the following certified health unit coordinators: Angie White-Cole of OH, Charity Riley of AL, Cynthia Baker of GA, Cynthia Durbin of MO, Cynthia Holland of FL, Dana Carley of NH, Kathy Stearn of FL, Kathy Zimbal of WI, Kelly Francis of ID, Kristina Liwoch of NJ, Kurby Bennett of GA, and Nathan Fine of TN.
The basic responsibilities of the Job Analysis Advisory Committee will be to
develop a Job Analysis task survey instrument and then review the survey results
and determine the new test specifications and exam content outline. The
advisory committee members' input is crucial for a valid exam. All meetings
will be conducted by the testing agency, AMP, via WebEx over the Internet.
The first step is for our testing agency, AMP, to review the results of the current body of knowledge as described in educational curriculum, job descriptions, standards of practice, documents, and pamphlets and reference books produced by NAHUC and other industry related organizations. From this information, AMP will write and assemble the draft survey. Then AMP will conduct a series of web meetings with the Advisory Committee to verify and modify the draft survey and rating scale.
NAHUC's newsletter, the Coordinator
NAHUC is now offering a preview of its quarterly publication, the Coordinator. Non-members may complete the Coordinator contact hour quiz for $10.00. Follow the directions published on the quiz page and submit with $10.00. Click here to view more. Members always get the Coordinator contact hours quiz for no additional fee. To start getting your issue and other member benefits, join NAHUC now.
NAHUC Social Networking
Calling all H.U.C.'s....Come and join the fastest growing site on the web, Facebook! NAHUC now has a group site on Facebook so we can network and get to know other each other. If you aren't a Facebook member yet, go to http://www.facebook.com and when the login box pops up, click on "sign up" and follow the steps. Once you become a member, and for those that already are members, when you are on your page, go to the "search" box in the top right corner and type in "National Association of Health Unit Coordinators" and it will bring up our Group. You will be able to view the people who have joined the group and request to be friends with them. Also, there is a discussion board where topics can be posted and commented on, and you can write on "The Wall". Once you have joined the group, invite your fellow H.U.C.'s to join as well. Let's see how many members we can get on our Facebook group, and how many we can get to join NAHUC and become certified!
Certification Marketing Committee Survey Results
This survey was published in the October-December 2008 issue of the Coordinator so that NAHUC, your professional association, can continue to help meet the needs of certified health unit coordinators, as well as for those who have not yet taken that step. Thank you to all who took the time to complete the certification survey. A special thank you to Betty Lamb for receiving and recording all the results. Click here to see the survey results These results will now be shared with the testing agency, AMP, to put together a marketing tool for the certification exam.
Award Nominations
If you know of an individual or an institution that you feel deserves recognition for what they have done for the profession, please complete an Award Nomination Form. Nomination forms for the 2011 awards must be received by the NAHUC office no later than April 1, 2011. Awards will be issued at the 201 NAHUC Education Conference in Henderson, NV. Click here for more information.
NAHUC Board Meeting Action Assignments and Minutes
NAHUC strives to be a transparent association by offering its membership information from the semi-annual board meetings. Now in addition to posting the meeting minutes, NAHUC will post the action assignments on the web site. Action assignments are the activities assigned to board members to complete the work decided upon at the board meetings.
Click here to view the action assignments and minutes.
Certification Exam in Canada
The NAHUC certification exam is now available in
Canada again!
The international sites, including Canada, can be viewed by clicking on the
following link:http://www.goamp.com/AMP/Internationallocations.asp.
To schedule an exam outside in Canada, there is one more step in addition to
registering online at www.goamp or registering by mail with the application in
the attached handbook. After one registers on-line or by mail, please complete
the additional step of contacting AMP via email with three choices of dates for
the exam. You may email Jennifer Charley, Examination Services Specialist, at
csimport@goamp.com.
Contact Hour Calculation
At the February 2007 winter board of directors meeting, it was decided that all contact hours will be calculated at 60 (sixty) minutes per 1.0 contact hours instead of the current 50 minutes. This will be effective May 1, 2008. This change is for all new contact hour applications and programs.
Quiz Writing Guidelines
The Education Board has updated the guidelines for writing quizzes for contact hours effective January 2008. Click here to review the revised guidelines.
Certification Exam Score Reports
Periodically during 2008, NAHUC will not provide immediate pass/fail examination results as AMP will be conducting quality assurance (QA) evaluations to ensure the examination results provided are valid. During these times, candidates will receive a provisional score report and the pass/fail score reports will be mailed 8-12 weeks later after the QA assessment is completed.
For more information about the certification exam, you may visit www.nahuc.org or www.goamp.com.
Vision and Core Values
At the August 2007 meeting, the NAHUC Board of Directors adopted the following vision statement and core values:
Vision:
To become nationally recognized as the standard of excellence in the provision of education and certification for the health unit coordinator profession within the health care industry.
Core Values:
Membership
Education
Certification
Stewardship
Order the DVD - Health Unit Coordinator: A Health Care Profession
The NAHUC DVD is now available for purchase. NAHUC saw the need for an up-to-date introduction to the health unit coordinating profession. The DVD explains and portrays health unit coordinating and the association as a profession. The DVD is great for job fairs, health care career days, orientation, and training. The DVD can be used anytime you're asked, "What is a health unit coordinator?". Click here for the order form.
New Lending Library Title
The Lending Library has a new title, "Dealing with Different, Diverse, and Difficult People. It is a six-part audio CD that one may borrow as one selection or as six separate selections. Click here for the Lending Library Order Form
Contact Hour Opportunity
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