Continuing Education Approvals
Many professionals caring for the older adult population are required by state and federal laws to have a certain number of continuing education credit hours per year. These professionals can acquire needed continuing education credit hours by taking professional level online modules through the SUNSET program.
Continuing Education: General Professional
Participants will receive continuing education credit for each SUNSET module from the Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Notation is indicated on the certificate of completion which can be presented to your professional organization for consideration toward continuing education credits required for licensure.
Specific Certifying Boards
Ohio Board of Nursing
The Ohio Board of Nursing allows nurses to claim contact hour credits from a continuing education activity that has been approved by an agency that regulates a health care profession or discipline in Ohio. Approvals will be documented on the certificate of completion when applicable to the profession listed on your account profile.
**If a required approval is not documented on your certificate, please edit your profile to include the relevant profession (as detailed below) or contact aging@osu.edu for assistance.
The Counselor, Social Work & Marriage and Family Therapist Board of Ohio (CSWMFTB)
The following modules have been previosuly approved by the CSWMFT Board of Ohio for eligible candidates. An application for approval is pending. Approvals will be included on certificates if the profession of Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Social Worker is selected on your account profile. Four modules meet the Ethics requirement (Cultural Competence, Ethics and End-of-Life Care, Decision Making at End-of-Life, and Families and End-of-Life Care). Total credit hours approved: 9.
- Facing Mortality - 1.0 credit hour
- Caregiver Stress - 1.0 credit hour
- Communication Skills - 1.0 credit hour
- Cultural Competence - 1.0 credit hour
- Decision Making at End-of-Life - 1.0 credit hour
- Ethics and End-of-LifeCare - 1.0 credit hour
- Families and End-of-Life Care - 1.0 credit hour
- Grief and Loss - 1.0 credit hour
- Normal Aging and Dying - 1.0 credit hour
These modules are not approved for continuing education credit by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board:
- Mental Health at the End-of-Life
- Spirituality
Please confirm with CSWMFTB that you are eligible to earn continuing education credit from this licensing board.
State of Ohio Board of Executives of Long Term Services and Supports (BELTSS)
The following modules have been previously approved by the State of Ohio Board of Executives of Long Term Services and Supports (BELTSS) for eligible candidates. Anapplication for approval is pending with BELTSS. Approvals will be included on the certificate if one of the following professions is selected on your account profile: Administrator, Nurse's Aide, Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, or Nursing Home Administrator. Additionally, you must indicate in your account profile that you are a member of BELTSS and provide your LNHA license number if applicable. Total credit hours: 10.
- Facing Mortality - 1.0 credit hour
- Caregiver Stress - 1.0 credit hour
- Communication Skills - 1.0 credit hour
- Cultural Competence - 1.0 credit hour
- Decision Making at End-of-Life - 1.0 credit hour
- Ethics and End-of-Life Care - 1.0 credit hour
- Families and End-of-Life Care - 1.0 credit hour
- Grief and Loss - 1.0 credit hour
- Mental Health Considerations at the End of Life - 0.5 credit hour
- Normal Aging and Dying - 1.0 credit hour
- Spirituality - 0.5 credit hour
BELTSS accepts 10 hours of online self-study and webinar CEUs annually.
Please confirm with BELTSS that you are eligible to earn continuing education credit from this licensing board.