{"id":1590,"date":"2017-11-17T19:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2017-11-17T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:41:06","slug":"nicole-capdarest-arest-now-a-hip-member-of-ahip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Capdarest-Arest: Now a \u201chip\u201d member of AHIP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Posted by Claire Sharifi, on behalf of Nicole Capdarest-Arest]<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Michelle Lieggi and Michelle Rachal, fellow NCNMLG members who received professional development awards to apply for AHIP status, I similarly was very happy to receive NCNMLG\u2019s support to help me put forward an application for AHIP, Senior Member status. Although I\u2019ve been a medical librarian for over 5 years, the application fee for AHIP credentialing had thus far been a barrier to my putting forward an application. But this year, with the grant received from NCNMLG, I finally had everything it took (medical library experience, publications, CE credits, and the application fee) to apply. I\u2019m proud to say my application was just accepted by the MLA Credentialing Committee, and I can now put \u201cAHIP\u201d in my signature line!<\/p>\n<p>To help others out there who might be thinking about going through the AHIP application process, here are a few tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organize! You will need to have evidence of all of your professional achievements. So if you\u2019re thinking of applying for AHIP, start being diligent about organizing and documenting your CE credits, conference attendance, teaching activities, publications, etc. You will have to provide documentation for everything in PDF format. It\u2019s way easier to get it all uploaded into the system if you are very organized and have this all in one place on your computer with a file naming system.<\/li>\n<li>PDF compiling software. If you have PDF compiling software (like Adobe Acrobat Pro or similar software), this will be extremely helpful! The submission system asks that you upload supporting documents into as few PDFs as possible. Thanks to having access to good PDF compiling software, I was able to combine all my supporting documentation into one huge PDF, which I then uploaded in one go to the submission system. This made it easier on my end as the submission system can be a little tricky to deal with and, in my opinion at least, it also makes for a more professional looking submission that is easier for the committee to review.<\/li>\n<li>Plan time. The submission documentation along with sitting at the computer and actually processing the submission form takes more time than expected. Plan for at least several days (if not months, depending on how much time you can work per sitting), even if you\u2019re already extremely organized as mentioned above. You\u2019ll also need a copy of your diploma or master\u2019s degree transcript, so if you don\u2019t have that already, you may need extra time to contact your university to get that.<\/li>\n<li>Self-care. Be patient with the process. Because you may or may not have been organized in the past about collecting evidence for your professional accomplishments, part of the process may be frustrating (i.e., \u201cI know I have that CE certificate somewhere?!). Remember you don\u2019t have to have every single thing you\u2019ve ever done, just as long as you have enough points overall to satisfy the criteria of the level you\u2019re applying for. It\u2019s a good reminder going forward to keep better track of your accomplishments in an organized way. Give yourself breaks when you need to, and know that you\u2019ll get everything done in due time. This credential is for you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, I\u2019m extremely grateful to NCNMLG for funding my AHIP application. It was a process that, though time consuming, I found extremely rewarding and well worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Capdarest-Arest, MA(LIS), AHIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Posted by Claire Sharifi, on behalf of Nicole Capdarest-Arest] Inspired by Michelle Lieggi and Michelle Rachal, fellow NCNMLG members who received professional development awards to apply for AHIP status, I similarly was very happy to receive NCNMLG\u2019s support to help me put forward an application for AHIP, Senior Member status. Although I\u2019ve been a medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnmlg.mlanet.org\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}