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

28th Annual Dr. Stanley Weiss Primary Care Update in South Padre Island, Texas

Registration is now open for the 28th Annual Dr. Stanley Weiss "Practical Topics in Primary Care" scheduled for June 25-29 on South Padre Island, Texas. The conference offers 24 hours of CME (inlcuding ethics) and an optional ACLS certifiation/re-cert class. The hotel room block expires May 28th, so make your reservations NOW! Click here for more information and to register online.

Looking for the Menopause Follow-up Case Form?

If you received Menopause: FACE II FACE follow-up cases in the mail, click here to begin.  After you complete your responses, come back and try our new, online CME activity.

NEW: A new, online CME activity just launched!
Free Online Activity

Improving COPD Outcomes in East Texas

Several COPD risk factors converge in East Texas, resulting in some of the highest rates of preventable hospitalizations in the state. UNT Health Science Center is targeting this area to decrease these rates and improve overall health outcomes related to COPD. For more information and to register for an activity, please click here.

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)

Click here to download a CME monograph (includes AAFP EB-CME credit!) (expires 7/1/08)

The Third Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities - May 29-31, 2008, Fort Worth, Texas

The Texas Center for Health Disparities at UNT Health Science Center announces the Third Annual Conference: Debates and Directions in Health Disparities.  This year's conference features national leaders and interactive debates centered around current issues in health disparities.

Click here for more information and to register online.


Grand Rounds
Wednesdays - 12 to 1 PM
(unless otherwise noted)
For more information call (817)735-2539 or e-email register@hsc.unt.edu
May 14
Grand Rounds Canceled Due to TCOM Graduation
May 21
To Be Announced
May 28
Grand Rounds Canceled Due to Health Disparities Conference on Campus.