title: Kathleen Mears Memorial Lecture: The magic of becoming an END technologist. Education: past, present, future.
abstract: We have all traveled various roads to becoming electroneurodiagnostic (END) technologists. END (formerly known as EEG) technology education began with informal mentorship such as on-the-job training. Later it progressed into formal educational training programs under the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists (ASET) has been actively pursuing the formulation of a standardized END curriculum and educational resources that should make the process of starting a training program easier. ASET has already produced online courses that have become a valuable resource for educating END technologists. What's next? Could it possibly be a combination of the old and the new? Perhaps taking advantage of the strengths of both the mentorship and formal educational techniques could be an answer to meeting the ever-increasing demand for END technologists. Let's imagine!
authors.affiliation: Neurodiagnostic Program, School of Allied Health Professions, Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, California, USA.
authors.forename: Walt
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Banoczi
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D016390:Allied Health Occupations / Q000639:trends*; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008611:Mentors; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends