title: Diploma in Hospital Infection Control--important changes to the accreditation of prior experiental learning and update.
abstract: The Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (DipHIC) was established by the Hospital Infection Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Public Health Laboratory Service (now the Health Protection Agency) in 1997. We outline important changes to the assessment of eligibility for the DipHIC by accreditation of prior experiental learning, provide a web link to examples of reflections, and list all those who have been awarded the DipHIC by the various routes.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Microbiology and Reference Division, Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection, Centre for Infection, Health Protection Agency, London, UK. barry.cookson@hpa.org.uk
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authors.lastname: Cookson
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authors.lastname: Drasar
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D003479:Curriculum; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D008131:London