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.

If you are interested in partnering with us in providing quality accredited continuing education click on the "Activity Application" tab above.

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
OverviewHealthcare professionals and community health workers serve individuals and families with diverse cultural backgrounds, languages, communication needs, health beliefs, and life exp
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    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
    • 1.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Online live
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Osteopathy
  • Pain Medicine
It may be possible to use generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) across multiple domains of chronic pain research including mining electronic health records for pain phenotypes and treatmen
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    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-A
    • 1.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
    • 1.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Self-study / Enduring
Overview 
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    • 2.50 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
OverviewMany maternal deaths and serious harm to moms in the United States are preventable. These poor maternal health outcomes happen for a number of reasons.
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  • Self-study / Enduring
This continuing education activity consists of
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    • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Palliative and Hospice
  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonology
The goal of this activity is to grow the use of POLST and education about its benefits in the state of Texas.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
    • 1.00 ASWB Credit
    • 1.00 HSC Participation

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