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Who We Are
Through invitation to Fellowship, the
Academy of Health Care Education Professionals recognizes the Fellow's accomplishments within the profession and provides an opportunity to work with other leaders in health care education in addressing the issues of the
day. Resources and mechanisms available for purposeful networking include the HCEA website, the "members only" site, three special interest listserves (StaffEdNet, PIPELine, and PtEdNet), the annual HCEA
conference, the consultation directory, and special interest groups.
Administration
The HCEA Board of Directors is
responsible and accountable for awarding all Fellowships. Those individuals inducted into the Academy are designated as Fellows in the Academy of Health Care Education Professionals and entitled to use the credential,
FAHCEP. The induction of new fellows and a meeting of Fellows in the Academy are held in conjunction with the HCEA's annual conference.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for Fellowship must
provide evidence of their enduring and substantial contributions to health care education on national, regional and local levels as relevant to:
- Professional development
- Professional leadership with service to health care agencies and society as a whole
- Service to profession in the role of conference faculty, author, researcher, consultant, and/or creator of
instructional resource materials
- Contributions to ongoing organizational development and leadership
- Community service that brings the added value of health care expertise into the civic setting.
Current members of the HCEA who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply:
- Must be currently employed with primary roles and responsibilities in health care education (examples include but are
not limited to: staff development educators, patient educators, family and community resource educators, faculty and instructors in schools that train health care professionals, educational consultants, AHEC/HETC education
professionals, life support instructors, education directors and administrators in health care organizations) OR
- Must have at least 15 years of career experience primarily roles in health care education.
Responsibilities of Fellows
All individuals
accepted into Fellowship in the Academy of Health Care Education Professionals are required to fulfill the following responsibilities:
- Attend the Academy Induction Ceremony
- Maintain membership in the HCEA
- Pay annual Academy membership dues
- Participate in the community of Fellows as a means of transforming health care education.
Applicants who have demonstrated exceptional contributions and excellence throughout their careers in
health care education will be granted Fellowship to the Academy of Health Care Education Professionals. Fellowship is a very prestigious designation and is widely recognized in the professional world as being one of the highest
honors that an individual can achieve for his or her profession or specialty area.
For more information
on Fellowship to the Academy of Health Care Education Professionals, click the link below to access the application and an accompanying set of guidelines to assist you in the process.
Fellowship Application and Guidelines (Word format)
 PDF Documents are viewable with a free Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
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