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WHY IS ABHES ACCREDITATION IMPORTANT TO YOUR
INSTITUTION OR PROGRAM?
The U.S. Department of
Labor projects the healthcare industry to undergo
the largest growth of any other industry, with an
estimated 4 million new jobs by 2012. The increasing
demand for healthcare affects the need for
well-trained and credentialed employees in a variety
of healthcare professions.
Through ABHES accreditation you gain:
Credentialing – optimize your graduates’ marketability by enabling
them to sit for a number of credentialing
examinations.
Prestige & legitimacy –
ABHES is the only agency recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education as an institutional and specialized accreditor focusing on health care education
and training.
Communication
– regular
mass e-mails, ABHES’ Web
site and links, and
complimentary subscription to The
Advantage, ABHES’ newsletter
of events and trends affecting
the health care education
Curricula – access to the latest health
care program
curricula, including expert review of new and
enhanced programs, through
ABHES’ required standards
and model curricula.
Opportunity for enhancement –
experience the
ability
to identify strengths and areas in need of
improvement
for greater institutional effectiveness
through dynamic
workshops, staff assisted
self-study, and site visits by
experienced and credentialed allied health specialists.
Dedicated commissioners and staff –
as a
relatively small
accrediting body, ABHES enjoys its
ability to interact more
personally with its
accredited members to help resolve issues
before
they become problematic.
National
Conference on Allied Health Education –
experience
annually the chance to learn, collaborate with peers
and enjoy the camaraderie as an ABHES accredited member.
ABHES is recognized by -
the United States
Secretary of Education for the accreditation of
private, postsecondary institutions in the United
States offering predominantly allied health
education programs and the programmatic
accreditation of medical assistant, medical
laboratory technician and surgical technology
programs leading to a certificate, diploma,
Associate of Applied Science, Associate of
Occupational Science, or academic associate degrees
and programs offered by distance delivery.
ABHES accredits
programmatically for the three programs identified
above being taught in both public and private
institutions. It also accredits institutionally
outside of the allied health area, providing the
institutions retain predominance in allied health
(see II.A.1.b. for ABHES’ definition of
predominance).
ABHES is an
independent non-profit agency unrelated to any trade
or membership organization.
Among ABHES
Recognitions:
U.S. Department of Education, American Association
of Medical Assistants (AAMA) American Medical
Technologists (AMT),
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC),
The National Board of Surgical Technology and
Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
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