AHIP Senior Membership

This month, we are pleased to feature a column by Jaclyn Castek, MLIS, AHIP about her experience achieving Senior Membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals. Congratulations Jaclyn!

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​Last year I became a Senior Member of the Association of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). For those who have not applied for AHIP, there is a lengthy list of requirements you must meet in order to become a member. While Continuing Education Credits do go a long way, there are many other professional activities you must complete in order to have your application approved. If it wasn’t for my involvement with FHSLA, SCMLA and the Tampa Bay Area Medical Library Network (TaBaMLN) I would probably still be trying to earn enough points. I have served on several different committees and have been President of both FHSLA and TaBaMLN. While serving on an organizations board of officers in any capacity will earn you points, I feel that serving as president really helped me understand how organizations work and what people hope to get out of them. Not only  that, it also gave me skills that I used in my role as a leader at my organization and helped connect me to other professionals in hospital libraries.  

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For more information about membership in AHIP, please visit  https://www.mlanet.org/academy