Their
Mission
As our aging population grows, so does the prevalence of respiratory-related
ailments. To meet this medical need, a variety of new respiratory diagnostic
and treatment options are being developed. With the availability of these
new options, respiratory care professionals will require the most
up-to-date, scientifically- and clinically-based information to help them
make informed decisions on what is best for their patients.
Up coming CEU events: Click here for calendar.
CLARIFICATION
OF THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPIRATORY CARE
PRACTITIONERS April 5, 2002 Click here (30
CEUs now required bi-annually.)
Check here for State RC CEU requirements in each State: http://www.rcecs.com/ce_requirments.htm
Should you wish to verify the website's claim for AARC credit acceptance please
contact the
AARC CE Coordinator at (972)406-4662 to do
so. These are just links to websites proposing to have CEUs for RCPs. These are
not verified by this site. Some of these approved CEUs can be expired by their
with the AARC. I suggest verification.
AARC Continuing Respiratory Care Education Online
http://www.aarc.org/education/aarc_crce/
Welcome to the AARC's online continuing education system -- CRCE Online. Now you can access quality continuing education anytime, even just in time for your licensure renewal.
AARC Members receive the highest levels of discounts available on courses; non- members are also offered access at affordable prices. Plus AARC members will have these courses automatically credited to their CRCE record for state licensure reporting purposes.
The AARC approves respiratory care educational programs for CRCE credit, which many states use as the basis of continuing education requirements for licensure. A month-by-month listing of the courses approved by the AARC is presented here.
Try this FREE WEBCAST:
Webcasts are the AARC’s free and convenient continuing education opportunity. Webcasts can be viewed on their live broadcast date listed below, or at your convenience in an archived format. http://www.aarc.org/education/webcast_central/
Cost
Free to AARC members (for non archived, timing is everything).
AARC Members Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) page.
http://www.aarc.org/authenticate.asp?/crce_online/index2.asp
Here you can view and print a copy of your CRCE record and view a list of AARC-approved courses in your state. Enter your AARC member number twice to gain access to this area:
AARC members may earn 4.0 contact hours of Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) free of charge (see page 33).
http://www.aarc.org/protocol_course/protocols_book.pdf
Proceedings from a special symposium on Respiratory Care Protocols:Benefits for Patients, Therapists and Hospitals
ACCESS CE
Cost for CEUs
Access CE and participate in a learning experience that is
designed to provide you with comprehensive training to help meet your
certification and continuing education needs. Access CE offers online programs
in an array of categories that, when completed, provide you with immediate
results and a printable certificate!
Our consortium of contributors are here to present you with learning modules
that are timely, current, and targeted to your field of expertise. The easy to
navigate web site will assist you in completing your training with ease
American Nursing Association Continuing Online Education
http://nursingworld.org/ce/cehome.cfm
ANA is pleased to offer this exciting resource of selected online continuing education program activities to nurses (ANA/State Nurses Association members and non-members) and allied health professionals who are interested in broadening their knowledge of the changing field of health care and earning nursing continuing education contact hours for lifelong learning and/or meeting mandatory requirements for license renewal or certification.
Center for Clinical Excellence! UP to 7 FREE CEUs
Through this website, Nellcor and Puritan Bennett offer accredited online continuing education courses for nurses and respiratory care practitioners. These educational programs focus on cardiopulmonary physiology and disease, ventilator management strategies and relevant technology. The self-paced courses include convenient post-testing and a printable certificate upon course completion.
This accredited education website offers a convenient way for nurses and respiratory therapists to earn free continuing education credits from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC). Nellcor and Puritan Bennett are part of Mallinckrodt, a Tyco Healthcare Company.
This website is purely educational, offering new courses from a faculty of educators on various clinical topics including cardiopulmonary physiology and disease, ventilator management strategies and relevant technology. The self-paced courses feature convenient post-testing and a printable certificate upon course completion.
CEU Quick
CEUQ Web’s #1 Source for totally FREE CEUs click Respiratory CEUs on left side.
Many medical professionals are required to attain a certain number of Continuing
Education Units (CEU's) or Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an
annual or bi-annual basis to maintain licensure.
CEUQ, also
known as
CEUQuest
or CEUQuick,
is designed as a portal to other sites with fully accredited CEU’s and CME’s
that are offered
FREE
of charge. Knowing where to find CEU’s and CME’s
online is no simple task even with today’s latest computer technology. That’s
where we come in. We’ve done the work for you by finding as many sites as
possible offering the credits you need for
FREE!
Good-Air Associates
http://www.goodair-associates.com/
Good Air Associates, Inc. has been providing AARC approved continuing education courses to Respiratory Care Practitioners since 1997.
Good Air Associates, Inc. now provides six (1 hour each course) online CRCE Category I educational activities approved by the AARC. The professional board of your state has FINAL decision regarding online course acceptance. If you have ANY questions regarding course acceptance, please contact your regulatory board.
Our office hours are 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday
Clinical
Foundations Free CEUs
http://www.clinicalfoundations.org
It is with this goal we welcome you to Clinical Foundations, an education program that is dedicated to helping respiratory care professionals who care for the critically and chronically ill.
Clinical Foundations will provide practical, clinically- and evidenced-based articles, case studies and symposia for respiratory therapists and respiratory care directors, managers, and supervisors. Clinical Foundations is based on a patient-focused model of care that emphasizes the need to provide the care and services that focus on patients’ individual needs and preferences.
As part of our commitment to helping respiratory care professionals improve their skills, each edition of Clinical Foundations will be fully accredited by the AARC for CRCE as an independent study program.
Health Interactive Online Animated Interactive Continuing Education Courses for Nurses and Other Health Professionals
Now over 35 contact hours available! All Health Interactive courses are Free to the public. Nursing Contact Hours for the following courses are available for a small fee: NEW! Want your certificate e-mailed ?
Internet Based Learning
Fanshaw College in London, Ontario, Canada is offering a "Basic Electrocardiography Interpretation" course delivered entirely over the internet. This course makes extensive use of color and graphics to teach EKG interpretation. The demo of the course can be viewed on their site and it looks very impressive. The cost is $95 Canadian dollars or approximately $60 US dollars depending on the exchange rate. Other courses being offered include a Ventilator Waveform Analysis course that looks mighty interesting. Other courses are under development so check with them often.
Institute for Continuing Education
The Institute for Continuing Education is a nationwide leader in the development of quality distance learning continuing education programs for professionals, combined with a flexible learning environment that can't be attained in traditional programs. Our modules are easy-to-use, convenient and competitively priced. Topics are state-of-the-art and current, focusing on job-related training and education. CEUS are available 24 hours/day online.Once you pass the test, a certificate can be automatically printed. This is great for those "last-minuters" who need to maintain licensure. You can also order the modules to be sent to you.
Summer’s here and with all the heat it has brought, our new course offerings are even hotter!! And, we are having our mid-summer night's special of a FREE 3-credit course with the order of any 2 courses. Here are some new titles to choose from:
· A “hot” course, and required by many states is “Medical Errors”. It covers all the possible causes and preventive measures individuals and institutions can take to avoid or minimize the impact of medical errors on the patient population. For example, did you know that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as the result of medical errors? Errors occur not only in hospitals but in other healthcare settings, such as physicians' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, urgent care centers, and care delivered in the home—and you can do something about it!!
· Fundamentals of Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring & Interpretation—a 20-credit complete course, but can be taken in parts:
o Part I: Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Equipment
o Part II: Intra-Arterial Pressure Monitoring
o Part III: Central Venous Pressure Monitoring
o Part IV: Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring
o Part V: Cardiac Output Monitoring
o Part VI: Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring
o Part VII: Interpretation of Hemodynamic Monitoring
· Sleep 2003: National Sleep Disorders Research Plan is the 8th course in our sleep series. It reviews EVERYTHING we know about sleep today and looks forward to what areas will be researched in the near future to enhance what we know. This is a MUST course for serious students of sleep.
· We are following current events by offering courses on SARS, West Nile Virus, Bioterrorism, including in-depth looks at anthrax, smallpox, and bubonic plague and the healthcare worker.
· A course on Respiratory Care: Professional Standards and Guidelines—2003 may be just what you need as a refresher this summer, or a fresh look at an old disease—Tuberculosis—may more to you liking, or Respiratory Emergencies and how to deal with them.
· Take our incredible new selection of JCAHO-oriented courses: covering topics ranging from Age Specific Competencies and Environmental Emergencies to Lifting and Transporting Patients and Patient Restraint and Seclusion. These courses are perfect for hospital and institutional staff. Available on CDs, these courses can be networked within the hospital system and reports generated to document staff training when JCAHO comes calling. These courses are offered for a one-time annual cost per staff with unlimited access.
No matter where you look on our site this summer, you find exciting new CEUs to satisfy your licensing needs.
Bonita
Bonita Chamberlin, Ph.D.
Institute for Continuing Education
Institute for Continuing Education
Contact us 24/7/365 at (800)
990-2377
Kettering
National Seminars (National credentialing
review programs)
http://www.ketteringseminars.com
Kettering National Seminars has been providing professional examination reviews and continuing education to health care practitioners for over 22 years. These programs are being used successfully in hundreds of review seminars throughout the country and help thousands of individuals pass their credentialing exams each year.
Comprehensive review programs are designed to give the participant a thorough understanding of the examination content and a step-by-step method for successful completion of the exam.
Puritan Bennett featuring educational programs
FREE CEUs
Current Courses
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Medscape CME Center
http://www.medscape.com/index.html
200+ Free CME Courses:
To search for CME articles by keyword, enter your keyword in the text box, then click the "List" button. Click on a region below for the CME conferences scheduled in that area. CME Conference Calendar any where in the USA.
MedWay Interactive Educational Services Category CME\CEU courses online
http://www.ssbinc.com/medway/go_main.htm
Courses for Healthcare Professionals / Medicine
Nursing Online Continuing Education (CEUs)
on: The Nurse Friendly
http://www.nursefriendly.com/ceu/
Respiratory Associates of Texas, AARC-approved continuing education
www.respiratorycare-online.com
The Texas Department of Health (TDH) requires
all CRCEs not only be approved by an accepted approval agency, but they must
also be directly related to respiratory care. Just because a seminar has CRCE
approval doesn't guarantee it TDH acceptance. This also applies to AARC approved
courses.
Our continuing education programs, whether live or online, are all approved by
the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). All of our courses are
also "directly related to respiratory care". This means you will never
have a problem with the TDH accepting your CRCEs when you attend one of our
seminars.
Live events are approved for either 6 or 8 Category 1 CRCE hours. Partial credit
is also available. Click the "Event Calendar" navigation button on the
left for seminar dates & locations.
Online courses are approved by the American Association for Respiratory Care (a
must for TDH acceptance) for 1 CRCE hour each. We currently have 18 available
online, all with AARC approval. The courses are free to use - you only need to
pay us if you desire CRCE credit. Click the "Online CEUs" navigation
button on the left for courses & information
Each presentation consists of slides, similar to a PowerPoint or FreeLance
presentation, with audio narration from the author. This is similar to being in
the lecture room with the addition of hypertext links throughout the
presentations. You will be able to view the presentations free of charge. The
only time you need to pay us is when you desire to receive CRCE credit. The cost
is $10 per credit hour.
Respiratory Education Specialists of Texas
http://www.restceus.com/about_rest.html
Respiratory Education Specialists of Texas is dedicated to providing you with continuing education of the highest quality in a setting you can be comfortable with at a price you can afford. Respiratory CRCEs are approved through the American Association for Respiratory Care and Nursing CNEs are approved through Austin Community College's Health Professions Institute so we can provide respiratory care practitioners, nurses and other healthcare professionals with up-to-date information on a wide range of topics. Whether you are currently working or taking a break and just want to maintain your license, Respiratory Education Specialists of Texas will be there to meet your continuing education needs.
Respiratory Care Educational Consulting Services, Inc.
http://www.rcecs.com/index.htm
AARC Approved Continuing Education Courses
RC Educational Consulting Services, Inc., founded by Kevin T. Martin, BVE, RRT, RCP, has been providing quality continuing education home study courses relating to the care of the pulmonary patient since 1982. We currently offer 68 courses in six categories: Assessment Of Respiratory Disorders; Clinical Microbiology; General; Neonatal Respiratory Care; Synopsis Of Respiratory Disorders; and Therapeutic Procedures. The courses range in subject matter from simple review material to advanced critical care skills. All courses are AARC approved for Category I credit and accepted for CE credit by 40 states. Our courses are not just a way to get last minute CE credits, but a way to meet all of your continuing education requirements. For a complete listing of the courses offered, prices and discounts available, visit our web site at www.RCECS.com or call (800) 441-LUNG / (877) 367-NURS.
“ YOUR EDUCATION IS OUR PROFESSION® ”
Respironics
has launched their new continuing education website FREE
http://elearning.respironics.com
This education webpage offers 4 free-CE programs accredited by the AARC:
Clinical Application of Ventilator Waveforms and Trending
Noninvasive Ventilation in the Acute Care
Capnography: Principles and Clinical Applications
Respiratory Monitoring: Principles and Clinical Applications
Philips is pleased to announce the launch of a new learning resource
for continuing education and product training. The
Search CME
HealthStream’s innovative learning solutions are supporting healthcare organizations’ mission-critical training and business objectives, including:
A safer organization for patient care through required
regulatory training
Mandatory OSHA and JCAHO training is designed to enhance safety in healthcare
organizations, promoting the highest standards of patient care. Our customers
tell us that compliance improves, on average, 20-30 percent after selecting
HealthStream and our
regulatory curriculum.
Workforce Development for hospital staff
To address the growing challenges and new requirements associated with measuring
and developing staff competencies, HealthStream offers a solution designed to
exceed JCAHO and Magnet standards for competency and performance management. The
HealthStream Competency Center helps organizations assess, maintain, demonstrate
and continually improve staff competency, demonstrate the link between
competency and patient safety, show staffing effectiveness, achieve strategic
recruitment and retention goals, create performance plans, and much more.
TechEd Consultants Releases Computer Based Training for Spirometry Performance
http://www.techedconsultants.com
(MASON, Michigan) May 10, 2002-----TechEd Consultants has released a computer based training program on CD-ROM entitled, "Spirometry: Producing Quality Results". The program focuses on spirometry performance in an interactive format.
The program is designed for training and annual competence assessment in
multiple healthcare settings where spirometry may be performed including
clinics, physician offices, occupational health, and hospitals.
Susan Blonshine RRT, RPFT, FAARC, AE-C, Director of TechEd Consultants,
emphasizes the need for valid spirometry results in the treatment of respiratory
diseases.
Both nurses and respiratory therapists will find this a valuable tool to begin
understanding the methods required to obtain valid test results or to review
concepts previously learned. The program is self-paced with a post-test offered
on the Internet for final approval of contact hours.
The course covers all aspects of spirometry performance in accordance with the
AARC Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS)
standards and recommendations. Several regulatory agencies and national
guidelines refer to the ATS standards and guidelines as required for adequate
spirometry performance.
The course is approved for 2 contact hours for respiratory therapists by the
American Association for Respiratory Care and 3.2 contact hours for nursing by
the Michigan Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of
continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Commission on Accreditation.
The course includes 8 interactive chapters following spirometry performance from
the initial patient introduction through reporting the final results.
"Well-trained and knowledgeable testing staff is the key component of
quality spirometry testing. The problem is many do not receive adequate
training and/or competency assessment. This instructional tool is user
friendly, comprehensive and fills a vital need in assuring quality spirometry
results." Carl D. Mottram, BA, RRT RPFT, FAARC
Product information and ordering is available at www.techedconsultants.com
Respiratory Associates of Texas
http://www.respiratorycare-online.com/onlineCE/online_courses.shtml
Respiratory Associates of Texas is a highly specialized brand serving the
respiratory care community. We provide both live and online continuing education
for respiratory therapists which is approved by the American Association for
Respiratory Care. We are also a valued partner to the clients we serve in the
placement of temporary respiratory therapists. A dedication to detail and doing
what's right for both our clients and employees has made us an industry leader
since 1989.
The National School of Sleep Medicine
http://sleepmedicine.org/
The National School of Sleep Medicine is comprised of industry leaders and practicing researchers to provide quality information about sleep medicine and disorders to physicians, allied healthcare professionals and the public. We work to reduce healthcare costs while improving the quality of service and quantity of information to everyone.
We are the founders of the "Sleep Education Excellence" program, basing our educational content on the ABSM (American Board of Sleep Medicine) Standards of Practice guidelines. Our Board Certified Physicians and Registered Polysomnographic Technologists are active organization participants.
University of Kansas - Respiratory Care Program
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/resp_care/
The University of Kansas School of Allied Health has seven case studies being offered for CEU credit at five dollars a credit. Each case study is one CEU except the HBO study which is two credits and they cover burns, gunshots, asthma, heart bypass, head and chest trauma, and HBO therapy. You go through the case study while online to their website and take the test at the end. After that you send in your money and receive your credits.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
http://www.umdnj.edu/rspthweb/ce.htm
Select from among several educational opportunities for the practicing professional, including NBRC exam preparation, advanced certificates and on-line courses and tutorials.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
http://www.uthscsa.edu/respiratorycare/onlinece.html
VORTRAN: Gas Powered VORTRAN Automatic Resuscitator (VAR) for
Short Term, Emergency Ventilation. 1 Contact Hour AARC.
http://www.mededcenter.com/module_viewer.asp?module=127
Late updated 2/28/2010