Re: A Comment re: "Senior" HP Personnel

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

I think Kent Lambert may have put us all to shame by doing what good
scientists do -- looking at the relevant data and presenting us with some
FACTS on which we might better form our opinions and conclusions.  My hat is
off to him (hope the glare from my hairless pate doesn't blind anyone!).



>I analyzed the 1995 PEP evaluations which included demographic 
>information.  Some of the breakdown of attendees (who returned 
>evaluations) is as follows:
>
>       CHP's  47%          non CHP's  53%
>
>       20+ years experience          32%
>       10 - 20 years exp.            42%
>       5 - 9 years exp.              15%
>       1 - 4 years exp.               8%
>       Students, non HPs              3%
>
>One might assume that the PEPs are skewed with more CHPs gaining CEUs for 
>recertification than the general annual meeting population.  
>
>Further, assuming that one starts their HP career at age 25, then 10 - 20 
>years experience is attained at an average age of 40.  Having just 
>reached this milestone myself, I hope that I am not characterized as 
>having one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
>
>
>-- 
>Kent Lambert, CHP
>lambert@allegheny.edu
>
>All opinions are well reasoned and insightful.
>Needless to say, they are not [necessarily] the
>opinions of my employer. - paraphrased from Michael Feldman
>
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