Three business meetings yearly with a continuing education hour which is accredited by NAMSS for CE credit takes place in January, April, and October. The meetings are held at Texas Health Resources in the Pavillion Building on the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:00.
Our chapter meetings and CE’s will be recorded and available on demand after each meeting starting with the January, 2010 meeting. Members who have to miss a meeting can access both the meeting and the education with a click of their mouse.
Our Annual One Day Seminar is held in August each year with topics that benefit MSP’s in Hospitals, Managed Care, CVO’s and awards up to 6 CE credit at affordable rates.
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El Centro College offers a series of online continuing education courses in medical staff services.
The first of these courses, Basics of Credentialing, is a four-week course. Tuition will be $99.00. To register and pay by credit card, call the Continuing Education Division at 214-860-2260 or 214-860-2696 and ask for course number MSST 2000.54101. Credit for 8 CEU’s is being requested from NAMSS for this first course of the series.
The textbook, The Medical Staff Services Handbook: Fundamentals and Beyond, by Gassiot, Searcy and Giles, is available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Please note that it takes two weeks to receive the textbook if ordered online.
If you have new staff in your department needing in-depth information on credentialing, this course is perfect for them. It is also a good refresher for those of you who need CEU’s to maintain your credentials. Don’t delay, register today!
For more information El Centro College’s 64-credit hour online Associate Degree in Medical Staff Services, please contact Cindy Gassiot at cgassiot@satx.rr.com.
El Centro College, the flagship of the Dallas County Community College District, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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Educational opportunities are offered by the El Centro College and the Dallas County Community College District without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or sexual orientation