Surveyor Training Workshop
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Chicago Marriott Oak Brook Hotel
Oak Brook, Illinois
Information
The Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) is offering a Surveyor Training Workshop designed to prepare surveyors to implement the 2008 Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in Medical Assisting. The next Workshop will take place at the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook Hotel, 1401 W. 22nd Street in Oak Brook, Illinois 60523, Phone: 630-573-8555 and Email: www.marriott.com/chiob on Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
Reservations must be made on or before Thursday, April 18, 2013. After that date, reservations will be taken on a space available basis at the best available rate at that time. Please reserve early, as the room block may fill up. Room rates are $115 per night. To make reservations, call 800-228-9290 or go to: Book Standard at Chicago Marriott Oak Brook for $115 per night
You will learn how to complete the revised On-Site Survey Report, an Excel Workbook. You must bring a laptop computer with Excel installed on it. Please note that the documents you will receive will be in Microsoft Office Word and Excel, 2003. These can also be opened with Office 2007 or 2010.
Before you sign up for a Surveyor Workshop, please download and review the Site Surveyor Profile and Procedures, Policy 1.11, to determine if you are qualified to be a surveyor.
Seating is limited to 50, so if interested in attending the Surveyor Workshop, please fill out the following curriculum vitae and application and prepare a cover letter/email describing your compliance with Personal Attributes as found in the above referenced policy and email to: jliptay@maerb.org no later than Thursday, April 18, 2013.
You must submit all of the following items to be considered for seating:
Curriculum Vitae and Surveyor Training Workshop Application (Excel document with 2 tabs to be completed)
- Cover Letter describing your interest in becoming surveyor and the attributes you will bring to the position
We need you to go to the CAAHEP website: www.caahep.org/Quiz/Default.aspx and take the Surveyor Quiz. Print out your results, and bring it to the workshop. This will be your admission ticket.
One grant is available through the Ivy Reade Relkin Surveyor Training Grant Fund to assist in defraying the costs of attending the workshop. The requirements can be found in the Surveyor Training Grant Policy, Policy 1.12. The Surveyor Grant application deadline is April 1, 2013. The policy for verifying your qualifications and requirements can be found by clicking here. Click here for the application and send completed application to Judy Liptay at jliptay@maerb.org.
Surveyors are an integral part of the accreditation process. The Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) are always looking for qualified individuals to perform this important and exciting task. Take a look at the appropriate brochure below to see if you qualify:
Practitioner Recruitment Brochure