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
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • HSC Health Clinic Courses
This online learning module is intended for a multispecialty audience.
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 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 1.00 HSC Participation
    • 1.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Self-study / Enduring
Hypertension is known as the silent killer because it often does not show noticeable symptoms until it has caused significant damage. Regular and consistent screening
5
    • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy
    • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    • 0.50 ANCC
    • 0.50 AOA Category 2-B
    • 0.50 ASWB Credit
    • 0.50 Certified Public Health (CPH)
    • 0.50 HSC Participation
    • 0.50 Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Self-study / Enduring
  • Infectious Disease
This training identifies how CHWs can serve as a link to educate people about COVID-19 vaccines and facilitate community recovery.
0
    • 2.00 Community Health Worker (CHW)
    • 2.00 HSC Participation
  • 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

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