Title: Explain the continuing education requirements in sports medicine professions.
Course: Sports Medicine/Athletic Training I (14062-I) > Section: Exploring Sports Medicine Careers

Explanation should include

- the need for personal accountability for continuing education
- description of the approval of and record-keeping processes for continuing education classes.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is continuing education important?
- What are the categories of continuing education in the sports medicine profession (e.g., certifications, courses, degrees)?
- What are continuing education units? How does a professional earn continuing education units?
- Why do professional boards require continuing education? How do they monitor continuing education?
- How do professions grow through continuing education?