Webinars
Share Your Expertise – Submit a Webinar Proposal!
Do you have insights, experiences, or innovations in international credential evaluation that you’d love to share with the TAICEP community?
We welcome proposals for webinars from professionals at all levels and across all sectors of our field.
Whether you’d like to present solo, co-present with colleagues, or simply suggest a topic you’d love to see covered, we’d love to hear from you!
Please email Susan Whipple, the Chair of the Professional Development Committee, at swhipple@evalcompany.com.
Upcoming Webinars
These webinars are free and open to both members and non-members. Recordings will be emailed to all who register.
Date & Time: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 10 AM EST
Title: From Entry-Level to Advanced Practice: Clarifying Nursing Education and Nursing Roles
Description: Misclassification of nursing roles often begins at the foundational level. In many countries, the varied use of titles can cause confusion, for instance, between a nurse aide and a practical/enrolled nurse. When such entry-level distinctions are misunderstood, so too are nurses’ training and credentials, and the risk of misclassifying higher-level roles, such as specialty nurses versus APNs, increases significantly. Accurately understanding and distinguishing between Advanced Practice Nursing roles and specialty nursing roles can be challenging because Advanced Practice Nursing is a relatively new field. Job titles alone are unreliable indicators of APN. Similar terminology may describe roles with very different levels of education, regulation, and clinical authority across jurisdictions. Likewise, specialty areas involve advanced competencies but do not automatically meet internationally recognized APN standards. This webinar begins with an overview of nursing roles and education for nurse aides, practical or enrolled nurses, registered nurses, specialist nurses, and advanced practice nurses, establishing a baseline. It then explores emerging APN fields, using examples from the US, UK, Canada, France, and South Africa to guide classification. Closed captioning is available for this webinar.
Presenter: Lynda Belmehdi, TruMerit
Lynda Belmehdi is a Program Manager at TruMerit, a global leader in nursing credentialing, with 9 years of experience in international education and credential evaluation.
She manages three programs, developing and implementing comprehensive training materials to educate International Credential Evaluators and conducting research on educational systems worldwide. Lynda specializes in helping evaluators accurately assess complex nursing roles across diverse regulatory and educational contexts.
She regularly leads internal webinars and has presented at the TAICEP Conference 2024 and the TAICEP Webinar Series 2025, delivering interactive sessions that combine case studies, regulatory insights, and practical strategies. In recognition of excellence in credentials evaluation research, she was awarded the Sepmeyer Award 2025. Through her work, Lynda advances best practices in international credential evaluation, ensuring evaluators are equipped with the knowledge and skills to promote fairness, accuracy, and consistency in credentials evaluation.
Presenter: Kimberly Wheeler, TruMerit
Kim Wheeler, Senior International Credential Evaluator, International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) was introduced to the field of international academic credentialing during her early work in enrollment and recruitment, which sparked a lasting interest in the evaluation of global education systems. She brings over eight years of experience in international credential evaluation, with a strong focus on supporting certification and licensure processes.
Presently, Kim serves as a Senior International Credential Evaluator at International Consultants of Delaware (ICD), a division of TruMerit (formerly CGFNS International). In this role, she specializes in credentialing for certification and licensure across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. Her responsibilities also include quality assurance initiatives and the training and professional development of evaluation staff, ensuring consistency and excellence in evaluation practices.
Moderator: Jason Martisek, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Webinar Archives
As a benefit of TAICEP membership, past webinars are available to TAICEP members on the TAICEP wiki.
Date & Time: Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10 AM EST
Title: AI Tips & Tricks
Description: Using Artificial Intelligence can be an intimidating or daunting prospect. Learning to use new technologies and processes can be overwhelming. This session is designed to provide a series of tips and tricks for the practical user of AI in credential evaluation. This webinar aims to give credential evaluation professionals specific guidance on writing prompts (what works and what might just break the LLM), guidance on working with Microsoft Copilot for professionals that are limited to its use, and guidance on information security when using LLMs and other AI tools.
Presenter: Matt Cwiklinski, Educational Perspectives, nfp
I am Director of Evaluation Services at Educational Perspectives, nfp. I am currently working with the TAICEP AI taskforce to develop the use of technology for credential evaluation. Outside of AI, I have a strong interest in digital forensics and fighting fraud in its various forms. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Nonfiction from Columbia College Chicago.
Presenter: Shelby Cearley, Adtalem Global Education
Shelby L. Cearley is currently Senior Representation on the Global Transcript Evaluation team at Adtalem Global Education. She has worked in international admissions and credential evaluation for more than 20 years and was also previously an instructor in Speech Communication. A graduate of the NAFSA Academy for International Education (Class IV), Shelby has presented several admissions- and credentials-related sessions at regional and national conferences and participated in the 2007 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Germany. She is currently the TAICEP Committee for Standards and Quality chair-elect and was previously NAFSA International Enrollment Management liaison (2008-2010 and 2017-2018), NAFSA Academy of International Education coach (Region III 2011-13), TAICEP Secretary/Member of the Board of Directors, TAICEP Vice President for Resources and Knowledge Management (2021-2022), and a NAFSA Trainer Corps member (since 2008). She was RAP Admissions & Credentials newsletter wRAP-Up co-credentials editor from 2010-2012 and is a contributing author for the NAFSA Online Guide to Education Systems Around the World. She was elected to the TAICEP Hall of Acclaim in 2021.
Moderator: Olivea Dodson, Transcript Research