title: The role of the AANA Education Committee in developing education standards.
abstract: The purpose of this column is to describe the involvement over time of the AANA Education Committee in the development of education standards for nurse anesthetists. Collaboration between the Education Committee, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, and nurse anesthesia community of interest in developing quality doctoral standards is discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. Kristen.starnes-ott@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Starnes-Ott
authors.forename: Betty J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000193:education*; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States