Here it is, New Year’s Eve, 2013! I have gotten a few calls this week from
techs that are under the wire to complete their recertification application,
due at the end of this year. Some are
scrambling to accrue the rest of the CEUs required! I have some good news for all of you “last
minute shoppers”! ABRET has offered an
extension for credentials expiring this year only. The extension is granted for up to six
months! There will be a “late fee” of
$100 added to the $75 regular application fee.
ABRET’s Executive Director, Janice Walbert, explained to me that there
is no need to file paperwork or notify ABRET at this time, if you wish to take
advantage of this extension. Between now
and June, those technologists who are due to recertify by the end of this year,
who have missed the deadline, will be “certified in grace” until June. As long as you turn in your application, fees
and documentation of the required continuing education hours by then, you will
be able to renew your credential.
Please note that in the interim, if anyone looks up your
name on the credential search tab of the ABRET website, your expiring credential
will appear in red, indicating that it is past due. So, if you are in a situation such as a job
interview, where an employer might research your credentials, it is important
to explain this up front.
Starting in 2014, ABRET will offer only a one-month grace
period for expiring credentials, so mark your calendars now, if you need to
recertify in 2014!
Other news items:
·
ASET’s lower registration rate for our seminar
courses!
You may not have noticed yet, but this year ASET is offering
lower registration fees for our spring and fall seminar courses! We have reduced rates up to $100 for the
two-day courses! In years’ past, the
early registration rate for ASET members was $375 and this year it will be just
$275! We at ASET try to listen to our
members and address their needs. With
the trend for health care institutions to cut back on covering educational
expenses, many technologists are struggling to fund their attendance at
courses. At the same time, with ABRET’s
requirements for CEUs both for recertification and qualification for the EEG
registry exam, more technologists than ever before must partake of formal
education. I am hoping that the
reduction in fees will allow more technologists to come to our courses. Please support ASET by attending our
educational events. You will get a good
value for your investment! Please look
at the meeting tab on our website for more information about our seminar
schedule for 2014. We will be in
Pittsburgh, PA on March 29 & 30, with “EEG Boot Camp” and “LTM Academy”
courses. We will offer “EEG Boot Camp”
in Arlington, TX on November 8 & 9.
For the first time, at the Fall Seminar course, we will be sharing the
meeting space with AAET, who will sponsor the NCS course that will run
concurrently.
·
Recap: ASET Course at AES – “Making an LTM/ICU
Monitoring Program Work: Technical Aspects
We had 72 registered attendees for this one day course! This was above and beyond my
expectations! We would have had even
more local technologists participating, those who planned to drive into D.C. on
the day of the course, if the icy, messy snowstorm had not arrived
mid-day! However, we did have several
nurse practitioners and physicians who were at the AES meeting come by and sign
up to attend the course that day. And
those folks were very impressed with our knowledge and the course content! We got rave reviews all around! Thanks
so much to our speakers: Judy Ahn-Ewing,
Dr. Joseph Drazkowski, Cheryl Plummer, Sherry Nehamkin, Ryan Lau and Sabrina
Galloway! We won’t be able to repeat this opportunity
until 2015, but based on the success of this event, we certainly will work on
hosting another course at the AES conference to be held in Philadelphia that
year!
Happy New Year to all!
Hope to see you at an ASET educational event in 2014!
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