706Friday, April 28, 2006
4:00 PM-5:15 PMConvention Center:250BC
AAHE/Professional Preparation
Professionalism in Health Education and Promotion: Strategies for the Marketable Health Professional
What professional strategies do prospective health education graduates need to effectively compete in the workforce? The panel session will present five areas deemed as “marketable strategies” for the prospective professional. Session issues will be presented by experts in: professionalism and networking competencies, scholarship and ethics, technology competencies, grant-writing, and cultural competencies. The panel will address the following: tools and strategies needed in the health education workforce; the importance of the five identified competencies as means for tool development and marketable strategies for the health education candidate; and how each of the five areas of competencies address many of the NCHEC standards.
Keyword(s): college level issues, leadership development, professional preparation
Presider: Susan J. Laing, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Panelists: Mark Kittleson, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; Raffy R. Luquis, The Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg, Middletown, PA; Mike Perko, Associate Professor and Chair, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; Caile E. Spear, Boise State University, Boise, ID; Kathleen J. Young, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA; and Dion Klein, Diverse Concepts International, Belconnen, Australia

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