We are committed to supporting healthcare professionals throughout their lifelong learning journey. Whether you are seeking an online home study course, a certificate program, or a learner-centered activity, our continuing education opportunities are designed to help you strengthen your knowledge, advance your skills, and meet your professional development goals.

If you do not see the learning opportunity you are looking for, please contact the Continuing Education Office. We are continually developing new activities and would be pleased to help you identify an option that meets your needs.

CNU Online CE Home Studies

Release – August 2026

Welcome to the CNU Online CE Home Studies Program.

We prepared these online activities so that you may have an opportunity to earn CEs from past live events at your convenience and support your professional development goals.

It is our hope that your participation will be a worthwhile engagement.

Technical Information and Instructions to Access Courses

  • Platform/App: CNU CANVAS. Course Admin: Continuing Education
  • Primary Contact: Joanna Jullien, joanna.jullien@cnsu.edu ext.7891
  • Schedule: On demand. Once enrolled into CANVAS, you can take the course at your convenience.
  • Technical requirements for best experience using CANVAS: list of requirements

How to enroll into CNU CANVAS:

  1. Choose your course. See the course descriptions and links to register in this catalogue.
  2. Register. After you submit your registration form for the course, within 24 hours (or 72 hours over a weekend) you will receive a confirmation notice with instructions to access CANVAS and take the course.
  3. Log into CANVAS. Your instructions to access the course will include a link to access CANVAS. Enter your email address as your username and create a password. Once you have logged into CANVAS, you are free to complete the course at the time you choose.
  4. These are online home study CE activities that involve the following steps:
    • Step 1: Review Course Information, Accreditations and Complete the Pre-Activity Test
    • Step 2: Watch the video presentation.
    • Step 3: Complete the Post-Activity Test and Course Evaluation

After you have completed the steps required for the course, you will receive a certificate of completion with your CE credit or a notice to claim your CE transcripts via the CPE Monitor (for pharmacists). The turnaround time is typically within 7 days. We ask participants to allow for up to 14 days. Thank you.

For additional assistance, please contact: joanna.jullien@cnsu.edu

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Home Study Courses

Pharmacists

Cultural Competency in Pharmacy Practice (CPE)

Peter Tenerelli, BPharm, PharmD, EMP-Wharton

Instructor: Peter Tenerelli, BPharm, PharmD, EMP-Wharton, Director, Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice | Associate Professor, Clinical and Administrative Sciences, CNU College of Pharmacy.

Release Date: 09/27/24  |  Expiration Date: 09/27/27

0.1 CPE  |  1 contact hour  |  Knowledge-based

Activity Numbers: 0597-0000-24-007-H03-P | 0597-0000-24-007-H03-T

Learning Objectives

  • Define culture and cultural competency.
  • Recognize the relationship between cultural competency and patient outcomes.
  • Identify the principles of cultural competency.
  • List ways to assess and develop your own cultural competency.

This course fulfills the California Pharmacy State Board requirement for 1 hour of CE on Cultural Competency.

After you register, you will receive an email with instructions to access the course on the CNU CANVAS online platform.

Register
Dentists

The Art of Teaching – Introduction to Dental Education (for CNU Faculty)

This course consists of 10 hours of on-line, on-demand materials followed by a two-hour de-brief session to allow you to engage with course faculty to address questions, share insights about the training, and consider how you will apply the course concepts to your faculty responsibilities.

Learn more and register

Certificates and Learner-Centered Activities

Certificates

Dental Hygienists

Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Program (RDHAP)

California Northstate University’s DHBC-approved RDHAP Education Program is a 150-hour, fully online, 4-month program that fulfills California’s educational requirement for RDHAP licensure. Led by Dr. Paul Glassman, the program combines asynchronous coursework, online discussions, quizzes, three live webinars, and required live online sessions at the beginning and end of the course. It is offered twice yearly in Spring and Fall.

Learn more and register
Dentists Dental Hygienists

Radiographic Decision-Making Certification

Dental hygienists with a California RDH or RDHAP license and dental assistants with a California RDAEF license are eligible to become certified to determine which radiographs to perform on a patient who has not received an initial examination by the supervising dentist for the specific purpose of the dentist making a diagnosis and treatment plan for the patient. See California Dental Practice Act Sections 1753.55, 1910.5, 1925, 1926.05 for details. CNU is offering training and certification in this duty to dental hygienists with a California RDH or RDHAP license.

Learn more and register

Learner-Centered Activity

Physicians CNU COM Faculty

Learner-centered (Learn, Teach, Earn)

Learn Teach Earn (LTE) is a learner-centered CME program which allows faculty in practice (teaching, clinical or research) to earn CME credit for learning something new to improve their knowledge, competency, and performance.

This program is designed to capture the learning faculty do in preparing to teach medical students, and the activities are defined by the faculty and facilitated by the Accredited CME Provider, CNU College of Medicine.

There are two types of learning from teaching activities:

Preparing to Teach Medical Students

A maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per 1 hour of interaction with medical students and/or residents/fellows will be granted to share what the physician learned in preparation.1

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Preparing original content to teach at a Live CME Activity

A maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per 1 hour of instruction at a live CME activity will be granted to share what the physician learned in preparation.2

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME credit for LTE activities is calculated in quarter-hour increments of an instruction hour: .25, .5, .75, 1, and 1.25, etc.

Note: State of California Board of Medicine allows no more than one third of the required CMEs for maintaining your license to be attributed to LTE CMEs. For more information about CA State Board CME requirements and limitations go to: https://tinyurl.com/2tc75xsn

CNU Policy (Updated 08/26/26):

  • A maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ may be awarded per the physician’s biannual licensing period.
  • The CME claim for this activity will be reviewed and approved by the CE office prior to awarding CME credit.
  • To ensure accurate annual CME reporting and program evaluation, participants should submit their CME Claim Form within 30 calendar days of the teaching activity.
  • All activities completed during a calendar year must be submitted by January 31 of the following year.
  • Claims submitted after this deadline may not be eligible for CME credit unless an exception is approved by the CME Office.
  • Registration in the Learn Teach Earn Program remains active unless the participant withdraws from the program. To maintain eligibility for CME credit, participants must complete an annual disclosure form and confirm their desire to continue participating in the program each calendar year. Participants who do not complete the annual disclosure form may not claim CME credit until the disclosure requirements have been satisfied prior to preparing and teaching for CME credit.

Learn more and Register: joanna.jullien@cnsu.edu

1 AMA (2024) AMA PRA Credit for teaching medical students: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/ama-pra-credit-system/teaching-medical-students-residents

2 AMA (2024). AMA PRA Credit System requirements: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/ama-pra-credit-system/ama-pra-credit-system-requirements

Contact the Continuing Education Office

We’re here to help with accreditation, registration, certificates, speaking opportunities, and educational partnerships.

Joanna Jullien

Joanna Jullien, CHCP

Senior Director of Continuing Education Programs and Accreditation

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