Continuing Education Paper Requirements

AIHP Coaches can recertify at no cost by submitting a Continuing Education Paper – Here are the guidelines!

Writing a Continuing Education Paper is one way that AIHP coaches can recertify at no cost. Here are the guidelines for the paper:

Papers must be written by you. AI written papers will not be accepted. All papers will be run through an AI checker. The point of writing the paper is to learn about, research, and present a topic. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does need to be 100% from you.

The paper should be between 1000-3000 words. The content of the paper must be based around professional research. Therefore information direct from sources such as magazines and blogs are not acceptable. However if a magazine or blog cites a professional study from a journal and/or university, it can be cited and used. Pubmed.com and Google Scholar are good resources for finding professional journal articles. While PubMed might only offer an abstract of a paper, the information can still be cited and utilized in the user’s submission.

Once a paper has been submitted to AIHP for review, the author of the paper agrees to give AIHP non-exclusive and royalty-free permission to use the material on the AIHP website as well as for future learning and promotional material.

Submission to AIHP

Papers should be sent via email to info@aihp.com – Please submit the paper as an attachment either as a PDF or Word Doc. The email subject should include your name, email address and subject of the paper. (e.g., John Doe, JD@yahoo.com – Low back pain in swimmers)

Review by AIHP

Once received by AIHP, we will review the paper and if we have any questions, we will email you.

Structure

The paper should roughly follow the below structure (more than three paragraphs can be used in the body):

Introduction:

  • General statement about topic
    • Main points
    • Overview (thesis)

Body:

  • First Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition
  • Second Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition
  • Third Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition

Conclusion:

  • General statement about the topic
  • Summary of the thesis

Bibliography:

Below are sample bibliography citations based on the type of source (e.g., website, journal article, etc.)

  1. Booth, Steven A. (January 1999). High-Drain Alkaline AA-Batteries. Popular Electronics, 62, 58.
  2. Brain, Marshall. How batteries work. howstuffworks. Retrieved August 1, 2006, from http://home.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm.
  3. Cells and batteries. (1993). The DK science encyclopedia. New York: DK Publishing.
  4. Dell, R. M., and D. A. J. Rand. (2001). Understanding batteries. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry.
  5. Learning center. Energizer. Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2006, http://www.energizer.com/learning/default.asp