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
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Osteopathy
An estimated 1.9 million U.S. adults age 65 or older are completely or mostly homebound.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
Program OverviewThis activity will prepare community health workers to connect older adults and their caregivers to essential resources needed to support their care.
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    • 2.50 Community Health Worker (CHW)
    • 2.50 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
Program OverviewThis activity will prepare community health workers to connect to people in the community and understand their health care needs.
5
    • 2.50 Community Health Worker (CHW)
    • 2.50 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Behavioral Health
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Internal Medicine
  • Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Osteopathy
  • Palliative and Hospice
  • Pediatrics
  • Pulmonology
  • Surgery, General
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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    • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.75 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 0.75 ANCC
    • 0.75 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.75 ASWB Credit
    • 0.75 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
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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    • 2.00 Community Health Worker (CHW)
    • 2.00 HSC Participation
  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Behavioral Health
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Internal Medicine
  • Osteopathy
  • Pain Medicine
  • Palliative and Hospice
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health
  • Pulmonology
  • Surgery, General
Adverse drug events can occur when medications are used incorrectly or a drug interaction occurs.
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    • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 1.00 ANCC
    • 1.00 AOA Category 2-B
    • 1.00 HSC Participation

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