Are you deciding what counts toward recertification, or is your software (and its limitations) deciding for you? Pre-approved CE and simple CE tracking are easy to administer, but they can flatten the maintenance-of-certification picture of how a professional actually...
Just as credential management often necessitates multiple eligibility paths, we also recognize that assessment for initial or ongoing certification or licensure is not a one-size-fits-all approach. As an alternative to the written, sit-down credential exam, practical...
If you’ve got a recertification, renewal, or maintenance of certification program, chances are that you require some continuing education (or CE) activities. To maintain compliance, practitioners must find, take, and submit them, and you must review and approve them....
Got CE? Then you need CE management. Have you considered an education management solution that tackles course and provider approvals further upstream in your process? LearningBuilder was designed as a workflow tool for organizations that handle certified...
In the world of continuing competence and recertification, the ideal can seem unattainable. How do we design a recertification program that ensures our credential holders remain as competent as they were when they first achieved that credential? How do we make sure...
When considering your recertification program design, have you factored in a certificant's true cost of recertification? The traditional model of a CE-based recertification program is often easy to administer but can end up costing practitioners more than the board...
Got integrations? System-to-system integrations for certification management keep the data flowing and the application processes going. After all, the less program and candidate data entered manually or in multiple, the better! Of course, the rule only applies when...
Top-down solutions are often touted as the first step in a CE management program. You may be mulling how to obtain buy-in from your education providers and third-party stakeholders. As an alternative, have you considered your credential holders and their perspective?...
Congratulations! You’ve successfully launched your longitudinal assessment as an alternative to a high-stakes exam. As your longitudinal assessment progresses, and gaps in practitioner expertise emerge, how do you make those results actionable? To put it a slightly...
Has your membership organization considered a third-party CE approval program? More than just another revenue stream, education management expands your community’s professional development options and your organization’s stature within your industry. When done right,...