IHS Half-Day Virtual Event:
A Complimentary Professional Development Opportunity
Presented: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 | 12:00pm - 3:30pm ET
To assist hearing healthcare professionals meet CE requirements for board certification and license renewals, IHS is offered a complimentary, professional development opportunity worth 3 CEs. Free CE credits were offered during the month of May. These CE credits are still available for standard IHS fees.
Attend one, two or all three consecutive webinars from the convenience of your home, and earn CE credits by completing and passing a quiz for each webinar. IHS hopes this is a useful opportunity to help you secure CEs and learn about topics that impact your business.
WEBINAR RECORDINGS
The Cortisol Effect - How the Stress Response Can Play a Role in Physical and Mental Health, as well as Hearing
by Gina Worful, MS, RD, Registered Dietitian, Author, Speaker
The body's stress response has been shown to impact nearly every system in the body, as well as influence motivation, emotional health, and even hearing abilities.
In this webinar, attendees will:
- Learn how the stress response changes the body's physiology
- Discover stress and cortisol impact physical and mental health
- Use proven techniques that both you and your patients can implement right away to manage stress
- Understand key nutrition and lifestyle factors that can impact hearing
IHS Policy Perspectives and Updates for the Hearing Health Professional
by Alissa Parady, Director of Government and Chapter Affairs, International Hearing Society
Get a review of relevant legislative, regulatory, and other activities being undertaken by Congress, agencies, work groups, and organizations that seek to address hearing health care policy. These will include updates on the over the counter hearing aid act, Medicare proposals, Veterans care, World Health Organization activities, and much more. Also learn new resources and news from the International Hearing Society that affects the role and advancement of hearing health professionals in their knowledge, professionalism, and practice.
In this webinar, attendees will:
- Identify the national legislative and regulatory actions and initiatives underway that may affect hearing aid dispensing professionals and/or their clients/patients.
- Understand the role of international discussions about hearing healthcare in policy-making in future hearing healthcare policy-making and consumer awareness.
- Identify new education, resources, and tools that may assist the professional/practice in providing high-quality care to clients/patients.
Communicating the Right Message to Patients
by Keith Darrow, PhD, CCC-A, Neuroscientist, Clinic Owner, Speaker, Author
Audiology is changing, including the way that patients access their care. As the number of people living with untreated hearing loss continues to rise, hearing health care professionals have an opportunity to differentiate their practices with a message of education; a focus on services, not products; and an effective communication strategy to discuss topics that matter to the client, such as the medical treatment of hearing loss; tinnitus treatment; and the connections of hearing loss and dementia.
In this webinar, attendees will:
- Understand the four ‘hot-button’ topics that acquire the most interest and engagement from prospective leads and increase treatment rates.
- Evaluate their marketing effectiveness and understand how to increase patient engagement.
- Analyze the benefits of discussion services, not products.
- Define the key benefits of automation, including practice differentiation.
Obtain Continuing Education Credit
How to obtain CE credits:
- Register and attend each webinar. This is how we verify that you actually attended
- Access each CE Quiz online:
- Download the Presentation Slides
- Submit each completed quiz to IHS using the form above, subject to standard IHS fees.
You must score 70% or better to earn 1 continuing education credit per quiz. Your certificate of completion will be mailed to your postal address within 30 days of receipt.
Continuing Education Credit: Each quiz is worth 1 continuing education credit.
Please remember that each state and province has different requirements and rules. Check with your local licensing agency for further information.
- California: IHS is in the process of applying to the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers Board for this virtual event.
- Delaware: If necessary, IHS will apply to the Board of SLP, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers. If you are from Delaware, please let us know at professionaldevelopment@ihsinfo.org.
- Florida: Effective April 9, 2020, emergency rule number 64B6ER20-25 was approved by the Florida Board of Hearing Aid Specialists. Therefore, for the next 90 days, current Florida licensees and applicants for licensure are allowed to complete Board-approved continuing education courses by distance learning methods. The International Hearing Society is an approved provider of the Florida Board of Hearing Aid Specialists. You are responsible for documenting this continuing education event into CE Broker; please use reference number #20-774718.
- North Carolina: IHS is in the process of applying to the North Carolina State Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters Board. Attendees must complete the NC online CEU Verification Report after the virtual event. Click here.
- New York: Online/web-based continuing education is prohibited in New York State for Hearing Aid Dispensers. Regretfully, IHS doesn’t have enough time to get an exception from the NY Department of State for this virtual event. Please contact HHANY for additional information.
- Ontario, Canada: IHS has applied to the Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners of Ontario (AHIP).
- South Carolina: IHS has submitted this virtual event to the state of South Carolina DHEC. The IHS Certificate of Completion is proof of continuing education credit earned.
- Texas: TDLR has approved the April 29 IHS topics for continuing education credit. IHS qualifies as a non-manufacturer continuing education provider. The IHS Certificate of Completion will serve as proof of continuing education credit earned.
- TX-143-19-024: Professional Development in the Time of Covid-19
- TX-143-19-025: The Cortisol Effect
- TX-143-19-027: IHS Policy Perspectives and Updates for the Hearing Health Professional
- TX-143-19-026: Communicating the Right Message to Patients
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