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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
Health literacy is a product of the health literacy-related demands and complexities of the health care system.
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Advance Care Planning (ACP) is the face-to-face time a physician or other qualified health care professional spends with a patient, family member, or surrogate to explain and discuss advance direct
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Nursing home and assisted living center healthcare providers are challenged to address issues of intimacy, sexuality, and dementia.
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Telemedicine visits for older adults and younger people with disabilities will differ based on sites such as in the general community, independent living communities, assisted living, memory care c
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Healthcare professionals have reported experiencing decreased job satisfaction because of time spent in patient encounters with significant vaccine concerns.
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Program OverviewThis activity will prepare community health workers to connect to people in the community and understand their health care needs.
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