Boston Children’s Hospital is accredited to provide continuing education credit to internal and external education programs. All programs seeking accreditation must submit a completed application to be reviewed by our office or the interprofessional committee at least eight weeks prior to the start of the course.

Types of Credit

Boston Children’s offers the following credits to qualified courses:

  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • Risk Management Credit
  • MOC Credit, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA)
  • Nursing Contact Hours
  • Pharmacy Contact Hours
  • Athletic Trainer Credit
  • Psychology Credit
  • Physical Therapist Credit
  • Physician Assistant Credit
  • Optometry Credit
  • Dentistry Credit
  • Social Work Credits

Types of Courses

The course format is decided by the program organizers. We currently approve courses in the following formats:

Course Format

Description

Live CoursesAn individual event where participants learn in person.
Enduring Materials
(online only)		Computer based continuing education activities that may be used over time or at the learner’s convenience.
Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS)A course that is planned as a series with multiple sessions, or occurs on an ongoing basis (ex. weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.

 

Planning Process and Services

Continuing Education is committed to partnering with course directors and planners to ensure success through every stage of the activity, from the initial planning stages to post course evaluation.

Continuing Education is responsible for the following:

  • Accreditation
  • Disclosures
  • Registration
  • Customer support
  • Evaluation
  • Credit tracking
  • Learner certificates
  • Legal
  • Educational grants (Boston Children’s Hospital Trust)