Archive for August 6th, 2008

The State of Continuing Competency: NBCOT®’s 14th Annual State Regulatory Conference

Posted by on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 @ 7:35 pm in Lifestyle, Miscellaneous.

The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT), Inc. will be holding it’s 14th Annual State Regulatory Conference with “The State of Continuing Competency” as its theme.

This year’s conference features speakers covering a variety of topics, including:
• Effective Rule Writing
• Renewal Requirements for Professional Licensure and Certification
• The Central Principle of Balance in Health Care Regulation
• A Multi-Faceted Approach to Continuing Competency and Competency Assessment
• Top Recent Regulatory Cases
• Challenges to the Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice
• NBCOT Overview: A Statistical and Content Update

When & Where
Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

For more information, you may download the conference brochure here.

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Best Airports in the World

Posted by on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 @ 2:39 pm in Personal - Philippines.


Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been named the World’s Best Airport for 2008, in the survey of passengers around the world released last month by Skytrax. I am not anymore surprised with the distinguished achievement of HKIA as it already received 6 same awards given by Skytrax for the pass ten years. My favorite Singapore Changi Airport as in the last travel awards remains in 2nd position worldwide, ahead of Seoul Incheon International Airport in 3rd place. Airports here in Asia dominated the survey rankings as half of the top 10 airports in the world can be found in the largest continent. Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Kansai International Airport are the other Asian airports which placed in the 2008 results.

The top 10 airports are: (drum roll please!)

1. Hong Kong International Airport (Asia)
2. Singapore Changi International Airport (Asia)
3. Seoul Incheon International Airport (Asia)
4. Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Asia)
5. Munich International Airport (Europe)
6. Kansai International Airport (Asia)
7. Copenhagen International Airport (Europe)
8. Zurich International Airport (Europe)
9. Helsinki International Airport (Europe)
10. Cape Town International Airport (Africa)

The World Airport Survey is conducted by UK-based aviation research organisation, Skytrax, with more than 8.2 million questionnaires completed by passengers across the world, during the 10 month survey period.

Passenger interviews include a detailed appraisal for more than 40 categories of product and service quality from check-in to departure, from arrivals to baggage collection - including terminal cleanliness, staff efficiency, staff courtesy, terminal signage, security processing, immigration and customers, walking distances, as well as features like shopping, dining options, Internet services.

My only comment is that I like Changi more than Hong Kong. I guess there is just a thin line which separates these two top airports as they are always battling it out to be on top in different passenger surveys.


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