The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) recently created a subcommittee to oversee an assessment of live remote proctoring. ICE spoke with subcommittee member Linda Waters, PhD, to learn more about this assessment and what the NCCA hopes to achieve with its outcome.

As best practices and teaching methods have evolved over the years, so has adult learning. Michelle Nolin, CPLP, discusses the thought processes, learning theories and innovation that go into creating evidence-based adult learning that allows the learner to be engaged and retain information.

Lindsey Durham first became familiar with the NCCA after helping lead her organization’s accreditation efforts. It was a desire to deepen her knowledge as a subject matter expert, however, that motivated her to join the NCCA Commission as an administrative reviewer.

While you can’t read the minds of Gen Zs and millennials, a recent study by Lenora G. Knapp, PhD, Sandra Bauman, PhD, and Liberty Munson, PhD, did the next best thing: surveyed these generations for their thoughts and motivations regarding professional credentialing. Get their takeaways here.

Continuing education for the medical field has become a hot-topic debate regarding the value of the Maintenance of Certification program. Learn how the ABMS listened to physicians’ concerns around the MOC program and developed new programs focused on continued learning over time.

Sharon Alderson is a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades for the American Optometric Association (AOA)’s Paraoptometric Certification Programs. Learn more about what goes into being a certificate program manager in this interview.

The demand for nurses is on the rise, but the United States is facing a nursing shortage. Learn how the Competency & Credentialing Institute and National Institute for First Assisting created a certificate program to combat this issue and introduce nurses to the practice of perioperative nursing.

Being an ICE member opens the door to many valuable opportunities, resources and a community of fellow credentialing industry peers. Hear from long time member James Austin as he reflects on his involvement with ICE.

Avis Bullard entered the world of credentialing later in her career when she started working at the Board of Pharmacy specialties (BPS), but a strong background in quality assurance made the transition a natural fit.  Learn more about Avis’ career pathway and her involvement with ICE.

Governance is the responsibility of the board of directors and the golden key to unlocking the full potential of a credentialing organization. Review the highlights of the legal duties and roles board members have related to the governance of an organization.