Accredited Continuing Professional Education

The Department of Continuing Education and Assessment @ UNT Health Fort Worth 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

Two-hour program on patient safety strategies for the emergency department.
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    • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 2.00 AOA Category 2-A
    • 2.00 HSC Participation
The 2025 Louis J. Levy Symposium is dedicated to Orthopaedic 
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    • 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 3.75 AOA Category 2-A
    • 3.75 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
This course equips healthcare professionals and direct care staff with practical, evidence-informed communication strategies and a rights-based framework for supporting
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    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
    • 1.00 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
    • 1.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
OverviewThis program aims to equip healthcare professionals, correctional staff, and other stakeholders with the knowledge and tools needed to address the unique, often fo
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 1-B
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
  • Hybrid
This microcredential will give novice faculty the beginning skills they need to launch their careers with more confidence and readiness to enter the academy of nursing education.
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    • 22.00 ANCC
    • 22.00 HSC Participation
  • Conference / meeting
This program will be a review on HIV and opportunistic infections (prophylaxis and treatment) for all JPS Health Network pharmacists.
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    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy

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