News from the CEU Evaluator
Feb 2008
Dear Fellow Respiratory Therapist,
Welcome to renewal time once again. I hope the past year has brought you good fortune and the new one to come even more.
Once again I wanted to review with you the continuing education
guidelines for your professional license. Please remember this first item…dates
are oh so important in obtaining your continuing education credits. 12 hours
are needed between the dates of
Different ways to obtain CEU’s.
1. “Seminars and symposiums. A seminar shall mean directed advanced study or discussion in a specific field of interest. A symposium shall mean a conference of more that a single session organized for the purpose of discussing a specific subject from various viewpoints and by various speakers.”
2. “Programs. A program shall mean a single learning
experience designed to enhance knowledge, skill and attitudes related to
respiratory therapy. A program shall
consist of at least one contact hour.” Learning activities in the work setting designed
to assist the individual in fulfilling employer requirements, including
in-service education and on-the-job training shall not be eligible for
continuing education. You
will no longer be able to count your once a year hospital mandated in-services or
demonstrations/in-services on equipment, etc.
3.
“Nontraditional or alternative educational
programs. A nontraditional or alternative educational program shall be defined
as one that is not presented in the typical conference setting. Educational programs may be provided by any
print medium or presented through the Internet or other electronic medium such
as video conferencing.” This allows
Internet and some journal quizzes to be accepted. THESE
PROGRAMS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
4. “Clinical
instruction. Clinical instruction shall
mean the education and evaluation of a respiratory therapy student in the
clinical setting. A maximum of three
hours may be given for clinical instruction.”
Those you have respiratory therapy students they mentor/instruct may get
3 hours per year.
5. “Program
presentations. Any licensee who presents
a continuing education program or its equivalent shall receive two contact
hours for each hour of presentation. No
credit shall be granted for subsequent presentations on the same subject
content.” This has not changed.
6. “Voluntary
recredentialing.
Any licensee who completes voluntary recredentialing
shall receive the number of contact hours approved by the American Association
Respiratory Care.” This past year the
AARC posted that they would give CEU credit for taking an exam over again. So
we will honor that here in
Some bulletin tips to remember:
1. CPR/
2.
3. College classes of any kind are no longer approved.
4. Before you attach your certificates to your renewal to send to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts, take a look at them to make sure they have the proper approval on them and that your license number appears on the certificate. You should find my name, an AARC approval number or a respiratory providership approval number on it.
Please keep the attached application and this letter for future reference. If you have questions and need to contact me please refer to the beginning of this newsletter.
Hope you have a good year and I am sure I will at least speak to some of you this year and maybe even meet you at a conference.
Ta Ta for Now!!!
KS CEU Evaluator-Respiratory