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
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Platform/App: CNU CANVAS. Course Admin:
Continuing Education
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Primary Contact: Joanna Jullien,
joanna.jullien@cnsu.edu
ext.7891
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Schedule: On demand. Once enrolled into
CANVAS, you can take the course at your convenience.
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Technical requirements for best experience using CANVAS:
list of requirements
How to enroll into CNU CANVAS:
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Choose your course. See the course
descriptions and links to register in this catalogue.
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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.
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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.
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These are online home study CE activities that involve
the following steps:
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Step 1: Review Course Information,
Accreditations and Complete the Pre-Activity Test
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Step 2: Watch the video presentation.
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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
Grievance Procedure:
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Home Study Courses
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.
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Recognize the relationship between cultural
competency and patient outcomes.
- Identify the principles of cultural competency.
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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):
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A maximum of 15
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ may be awarded
per the physician’s biannual licensing period.
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The CME claim for this activity will be reviewed and approved by the CE office prior to awarding CME credit.
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To ensure accurate annual CME reporting and program evaluation, participants should submit their CME Claim Form within 30 calendar days of the teaching activity.
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All activities completed during a calendar year must be
submitted by January 31 of the following year.
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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
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AMA (2024). AMA PRA Credit System requirements:
https://www.ama-assn.org/education/ama-pra-credit-system/ama-pra-credit-system-requirements