Accredited Continuing Professional Education

The Department of Continuing Education and Assessment @ HSC is dedicated to creating solutions for a healthier community through effective continuing education and professional development activities for healthcare teams designed to improve competence, performance, patient outcomes, or population health in the communities we serve.

We invite you to view our current course offerings and continue to check back for upcoming activities. Click on the “Catalog” tab above.

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Accreditations

Jointly Accredited Provider Logo

In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

 

 

American Osteopathic Association LogoThe University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.

 

 

Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education LogoAs a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.

 

  • Physical Therapists (TBPTE)
  • Public Health Professionals (NBPHE)
  • Texas Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (per Texas Administrative Code)
  • Texas Licensed Professional Counselors (per Texas Administrative Code)

Recent courses

  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Cardiology
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Palliative and Hospice
This training module introduces participants to Age-Friendly Health Systems. Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A.
5
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
This training provides adult educators with the strategies and tools to incorporate health information into lesson plans for adult education.
0
    • 2.00 Community Health Worker (CHW)
    • 2.00 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
Over the last two decades, patient safety improvement efforts in healthcare have focused on the hospital setting.
5
    • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.75 ANCC
    • 0.75 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.75 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 0.75 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
Over last two decades, patient safety improvement efforts in healthcare have focused on the hospital setting.
0
    • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.75 ANCC
    • 0.75 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.75 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 0.75 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
The activity purpose is to improve the knowledge and clinical skills of community primary care providers that treat children and adolescents with mental health.
5
    • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.75 ANCC
    • 0.75 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.75 ASWB Credit
    • 0.75 HSC Participation
    • 0.75 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
  • Self-study / Enduring
The activity purpose is to improve the knowledge and clinical skills of community primary care providers that treat children and adolescents with mental health.
5
    • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.75 ANCC
    • 0.75 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.75 ASWB Credit
    • 0.75 HSC Participation

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