Meeting the Educational Needs of Health Professionals

Welcome to the University of North Texas Health Science Center Office of Professional and Continuing Education. Our mission is to expertly plan lifelong learning and continuing education activities to meet the needs of medical professionals and researchers, the public health workforce and others who promote health and safety. Our activities are designed to provide the most recent information and strategies to facilitate health promotion, disease prevention and/or encourage understanding of public health issues on local, regional and nationwide levels.

News and Announcements

Click here to access the COPD Follow-up evaulation
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Medical Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

The University of North Texas and Medical Studies Abroad are working together to provide Medical Spanish for Healthcare Professionals. The conference is an immersion-style course with an emphasis on medical terminology and conversation. The next course is scheduled for August 13-16 in San Diego and offers 20 CME/CE credits. For more information and to register, please click here.

Fourth Annual Alumni Fall Medicine Update

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Physicians must be prepared for a wide variety of clinical scenarios. This conference is designed to update clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas, with an emphasis on practical and useful information for clinical practice.  Click here for more information and to register online.

Enhancing Medical Education Outcomes: An Application-Oriented Curriculum

Monday, September 29, 2008

In Fall 2004, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine initiated curriculum reform producing significant improvement in student performance on national licensing board examinations.  This conference provides an opportunity to observe this new Application-Oriented Curriculum.  Click here for more information and to register online.

 

Free Online Activity

Women between 45 & 64 are disproportionately under- and mis- diagnosed for major depression in primary care. PACE's "Practical Strategies for Diagnosing & Treating Depression in Women at Midlife and Beyond" CME and CE series explores barriers and provides practical strategies for identifying MDD and improving care for women at midlife and beyond.

Click here to access the interactive online CME activity (expires 9/12/08)

NEW: Case and Comment Activities

Depression in the Menopausal Transition and Chronic Depression Developed by Claudio Soares, MD, PhD and Alan Podawiltz, DO


Grand Rounds
Wednesdays - 12 to 1 PM
(unless otherwise noted)
For more information call (817)735-2539 or e-email register@hsc.unt.edu
September 3
RLIP76 and Cancer
Sharad Singhal, Ph.D.
UNTHSC - Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology
September 17
Neuroblastoma
Mary Granger, MD
Cook Children's Medical Center