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continuing education |
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continuing education, formal educational programs designed to promote knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes. The programs are usually short-term and specific. A certificate may be awarded for completion of a course, and a number of continuing education units or contact hours may be conferred. Continuing education is required for relicensure in many states. It is not to be confused with academic degree-granting programs, such as advanced education or graduate education. See also contact hour. continuing education, n postgraduate study offered either in an institution of higher learning by groups with an organized dental program or by individuals who are especially qualified in certain areas. Required by most state licensing boards for license renewal for dental professionals. Credit accumulates for special qualifications to join special interest groups. continuing education educational courses relating to veterinary science, provided by an institution or recognized organization which supplements, brings up to date and refreshes the information that the graduate veterinarian already has. In some countries and professions a specified amount of such education is required to be completed each year by each veterinarian who wishes to continue his/her registration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He later went on to study real estate finance at the Harvard Extension School. Gay Eastman, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension School Readiness Project notes: g Parents should praise children for taking risks and exerting effort--skills that lead to a life-time of learning. Mari Womack, who teaches cultural anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, Extension School and Cal State Northridge, said the fervor with which teen-agers socialize - and with which they reject the notion of curfews - is a natural byproduct of the turbulent transition from childhood to adulthood. |
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