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I will slowly move back into the normal commentary, but I wanted to discuss briefly, an issue that I have been considering recently.  All major professions have standards.  Doctors go through rigorous training, take a Hippocratic Oath and commit to 8 years of postgraduate work.  Lawyers take the bar.  In the case of emerging professions, how are they defined? Who should regulate them? Government? Private Sector? Non-Profits? What training is necessary? Who defines this?  I’m interest to hear what folks think.  I love the field of Emergency Management, it is changing so much, so quickly, and I’m wondering where it should be going.  But generally speaking what do you all think?

And likewise, how do you see the internet and availability of information altering the way forward for education, training, knowledge, information gathering?  What role do online courses and training opportunities play? 

I look forward to discussion, comments, thoughts.

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