With many teams reporting budget cuts and lack of buy-in from leadership, clinicians look for ways to promote their expertise and skills. Specialty certifications like the VA-BC™ can help you and your team stand out. In 2022, Daniel Cartagena, BS, RVT, VA-BC™, sought to make his knowledge of vascular access known to physicians and advanced […]

Respiratory care faces a shortage of therapists. Could preparing respiratory care students for additional certifications help them succeed in the field? Tracey Schartz, M.ED., RRT, VA-BC™, presented her research on the value of specialty credentials at the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) 2024 Congress. She shared the outcomes of her poster with our team. […]

Hours of work go into maintaining a board certification like the VA-BC™: writing valid questions, ensuring questions accurately reflect the experience and knowledge of a vascular access specialist, double checking our references, and ensuring all of this is unbiased and fair for each test taker. And then we do it all again for the next […]