PES Announces Six Recipients of 1996 Grant Awards Program

New York, NY, January 1997 - Professional Examination Service (PES) is pleased to announce six recipients of the 1996 Grant Awards Program. Established in 1994, the program makes available a total of $15,000 annually to support credentialing stakeholders in educational or scientific activities that contribute significantly to the use, evaluation, and development/enhancement of professional credentials. Six grants have been awarded for 1996, as follows:

Associates of Clinical Pharmacology (ACP) for a survey to assess the need for a certification examination for entry level clinical research professionals. If a need is indicated, the study findings will be used to set in motion plans to develop an entry level certification.

Citizen Advocacy Center to support a workshop intended to bring together a diverse range of stakeholder groups to discuss more effective methods of assuring the public of the continuing competence of health care professionals over the lifetime of their practice.

College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) to conduct an evaluation of a competency-based assessment of Nurse Practitioner (NP) qualifications. The assessment is aimed at practicing NP's who do not have an NP credential and have not gone through the approved NP education program. Data from the study will be used to refine the CNO's proposed assessment program and, more generally, to inform the development of competency-based assessments for a broad range of credentialing purposes.

Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation to support a meeting for Partners in Professional Regulation. The meeting will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholder groups involved in the preparation, licensing, and continuing competence of professionals to discuss issues of common interest in a changing health care environment.

Michigan State University, Department of Psychology to conduct a survey of Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) candidates to determine their perceptions of the procedural justice of the credentialing program. The findings of the study will be helpful in designing materials to better inform candidates about the credentialing process and in working with the states to eliminate perceived problem areas of the EPPP.

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to conduct a survey of certified Pharmacy Technicians aimed at investigating the value and meaning of the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) credential. Data from the survey will be used to educate stakeholders about the value of the CPhT credential and to develop the certification services offered by PTCB.

Applications were judged by the members of the 1996 award panel: Gordon H. DeFriese, Ph.D., and Paul A. Hattis, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., both members of the PES Board of Directors; and Mary Kasch, OTR, CVE, CHT, FAOTA, President of the Hand Therapy Certification Commission and recipient of the 1996 PES Lillian D. Terris Award for Distinguished Board Service.

The Grant Awards Program is one of several annual PES awards. For more information about the PES awards program and other public service activities, please contact: Karen Cullen, Public Service Activities Manager, Professional Examination Service, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115-0089, (212) 367-4276, fax (212) 367-4266, e-mail: mission@proexam.org.

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