October–December 2020

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CEO’S MESSAGE

Judge Us by the Company We Keep By Danny Langfield NMEDA CEO

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MEDA recently signed

primarily as a special-interest trade

Director of Education & Training, is

an agreement with the

group representing the interests

key to this repositioning.

University of Pittsburgh’s

of the auto mobility industry in

Department of Rehabilitation

general, and wheelchair van dealers

Science & Technology (Pitt RST)

specifically. While we have worked

to oversee and administer our

hard to educate allied health

Education & Training program. Pitt’s

professionals and other influencers

Amy Lane, OTR/L, CDRS will serve as

on the importance of our Quality

our Director of Education & Training,

Assurance Program and the QAP

with at least 50% of her time devoted

difference, we’ve not achieved as

exclusively to NMEDA. Resources

much awareness as we would have

from Pitt RST’s continuing education

liked.

team will also be made available to the association to assist with our Learning Management System (LMS) implementation and ongoing online education offerings. Many of you know Amy, who has been a fixture at the NMEDA conference for over a decade. She is a past president of ADED and a 20+ -year veteran of the auto mobility industry who brings the

Most of the influencers we are trying to reach operate in a world where credentials, for both organizations and individuals, are intrinsic to their professions and an important part of their everyday lives. Put another way: a quality program for auto mobility dealerships is likely perceived very differently

Over the next few years, I’d like to leverage that partnership and our CAP fund awareness resources to reposition NMEDA as a recognized national credentialing association that administers the QAP accreditation and the NMEDA Certified Technician certification.”

unique perspective of an allied health professional to our program. Pitt

Our partnership with Pitt RST gives

by influencers than the national

RST’s experience with hosting the

us the opportunity to change up

recognition of a true accreditation and

International Seating Symposium

that narrative significantly. Over the

certification program. NMEDA, on our

will be very helpful as we work

next few years, I’d like to leverage

own, is unlikely to be able to change

toward building next year’s Annual

that partnership and our CAP fund

that perception from the former to

Conference & Expo (to be co-located

awareness resources to reposition

the latter. But together with a globally

with ADED, September 18-20—mark

NMEDA as a recognized national

recognized academic entity such

your calendars!).

credentialing association that

as Pitt RST, we can change not only

administers the QAP accreditation

the perception but the reality of our

and the NMEDA Certified Technician

purpose. And Pitt will undoubtedly

certification. Our association with Pitt

hold our feet to the fire to ensure

RST, and the reality of a registered

our programs are truly held to their

OT and CDRS in Amy Lane as our

exacting standards.

This partnership with Pitt RST means so much to NMEDA’s future—here’s why. Our association is currently perceived

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