Re: Question regarding AAMT

From: 14tonks (mail.2.14tonks_at_recursor.net)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:50:11 -0400

I would have to agree. Surely this is a question that not only any member
of the organization should be able to ask and get an answer to, but any
prospective employer checking on the CMT credential of a prospective
employee should also be able to get a prompt and accurate answer.

Unless my memory fails me, there was some discussion here a little while ago
to the effect that one could always find out exactly under what version of
the rules someone got their CMT, so there was no need to establish a
different credential now there was a new exam process requiring a different
level of skill. If AAMT has no clue what date it stopped issuing CMT
credentials under grandfather rules, that obviously is not so. And that
means the letters are meaningless to any prospective employer, since they
can't know whether they were acquired under grandfathering, by passing an
exam that was supposed to certify entry level skills, or by passing an exam
that is supposed to certify skills equivalent to several years of acute-care
experience.

The "new and improved" AAMT sure sounds like the same old AAMT to me where
this is concerned. 

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"Judity01" <judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
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> ((I didn't ask if they had records that would show this, and  I didn't ask
> for a thorough investigation (would not be my place to do so). ))
>
> Jay, this comment surprised me.  If someone pays dues to an organization,
isn't
> it their right to ask questions regarding policy and to push for answers
if
> they aren't forthcoming?
>
> I personally think it's not only their right but their duty to find out as
much
> as they need to in order to keep the organization honest and an asset to
their
> members.  Of course, this is just my opinion.
>
> Judity
>

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