Interactive Video Education:
The Center for Rural Health offers upwards of 10 hours of continuing education each week via the statewide interactive video system. These include lectures that are designed for rural healthcare providers as well as lectures specifically for pediatrics, geriatrics, high risk obstetrics, and psychiatry.
Online Education:
The Center for Rural Health maintains an
online classroom with nearly 100 previously recorded lectures ready for viewing. Most lectures offer both CME and nursing credit, with some offering only pharmacy credit. The credits offered are clearly listed with each lecture. To look at the course offerings, go to the
online CME classrom. The lectures are in several categories, including:
- Cardiovascular
- Maternal and Child Health
- Infectious Disease
- Pharmacology
- Public Health
- Emergency Medicine
Non-credit Classes:
The Center for Rural Health also offers a number of non-credit classes, both via interactive video and on-line. These include a Nursing Leadership series, a
Compliance series, a Health and Safety series, and Revenue Integrity Specialist Team (RIST) training.
Accreditation
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Rural Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Arkansas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.