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ForwardAccredited 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.
If you are interested in partnering with us in providing quality accredited continuing education click on the "Activity Application" tab above.
Accreditations
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.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.
As 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
Healthcare providers will potentially deliver bad news to patients many times throughout their careers. Disclosing bad news is inherently negative and can contribute to stress and anxiety. When p
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Many 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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The number of drug overdose deaths in the United States increased by nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020. - At the same time, nearly 75% of drug overdose deaths in 2020 were from opioids.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) was developed by studying how the human brain "thinks", learns, and makes decisions to solve problems or complete tasks.
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HPV CHAT stands for Communicating about HPV Vaccination to Adults and Teens. This course will capture the important steps to recommending the HPV vaccine to parents and patients.
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This course is part of the core training for Texas Community Health Workers certified through experience.
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