NEWSLETTER
Continued Education
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 14:44Please follow the link to read the newsletter: http://embcol.org/node/144
Continued Education
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 14:41Beginning September 20th, 2010 you will need to enroll in the ACE continuing education (CE) program in order to maintain ACE certification status. Unlike most traditional CE programs, the College curriculum is designed to provide a structured, in-depth course in clinical embryology over a 3-4 year period.
Certification Waivers During Grandfathering Period
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 14:51Please follow this link to view the newsletter: http://embcol.org/node/135
First embryology practitioners have been certified by American College of Embryology
Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 16:02Please follow this link to view the newsletter: http://embcol.org/node/129
Embryo Biopsy Examination
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 15:28Please follow this link to view the Newsletter: http://embcol.org/node/112
Embryo Biopsy Examination
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 14:441. We are excited to report that Dr. Jacques Cohen has accepted nomination as a Chief Examiner for Embryo Biopsy.
Certification in Embryo Biopsy will include practical test and a set of theoretical questions administered separately.
Please wait for your certification application approval, before scheduling examination for Embryo Biopsy or/and ICSI examination (Dr. Gianpiero Palermo, Chief ICSI examiner).
Important legal victory
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 10:45From: Jeremy Gruber
Certification in Embryology
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 12:50
Dear Embryology practitioner,
The College is ready to offer the certification and examination in Embryology.
The process takes full advantage of technology so that in most cases you don't have to travel to become certified.
The certification levels and requirements can be found here.
Open Letter
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 19:04training, today cannot be considered a profession in a conventional sense.
Furthermore, the lack of differentiation within the discipline prevents embryology from becoming a specialty, dilutes the value of education, impedes the incentive for professional growth, and makes it impossible to assure the minimum standard of quality of care provided by reproductive laboratory personnel.
The College outlines on its web site both its mission and plan for molding a diverse group of individuals into a professional force. The College has an exclusive agreement with Dr. Doris Baker to develop and deliver educational activities to the College.
The American College of Embryology is not an elitist organization of Ph.D.s. In fact we have more non-Ph.D. members than Ph.D.s.
However, everyone needs to recognize the reality of the value of education. It would not be in anyone's best interest if everyone called himself a doctor. The concern is not only the skills required to do a specific procedure, but is also about specialized expertise based on educational and training level.
Furthermore, as in any profession, there are technical and non-technical professional capacities, which have to be recognized with the respective level of certification.
The College examination should not be looked at as an attempt to impose one more hassle on an already busy community. This is a necessary step in creating our profession and elevating its prestige, because, unlike other medical specialties, we all have very different educational backgrounds and an exam followed by specialized continued education is the only way to assure a uniformed level of relevant knowledge within respective level of certification.
In general, during a grand-fathering period, the vast majority of current reproductive laboratory professionals with almost any level of education, will be able to qualify for one or another level of examination, subject to application review by the education and practice committee: http://www.embcol.org/acce
The College is also working on creating an embryology residency program.
We urge you to join the College and take our profession to a new level. www.embcol.org
