Continuing Education
Just 12 hours of continuing education training can change lives!
Getting Started - Continuing Education (CE) Credits
Just 12 hours can change lives...
Each year our patient care volunteers are responsible for earning 12 hours of continuing education to remain active. Volunteers are given credit for 4 of these twelve hours for reading "At the Heart," our quarterly volunteer newsletter. Volunteers must earn the other 8 hours by attending an in-service or completing self-study opportunities by the end of the year.
In-Service CE Credit
Easily earn volunteer credits with any of our in-service options...
In-service options include:
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Attending our Book Club
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Attending our Fall In-service Program
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Attending a Movie Showing (2 hours of CE)
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Joining us at our CARE Retreat (4 hours of CE)
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Joining us at our Skills Fair (2 hours of CE)
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Attending an IDT Meeting (2 hours of CE / call to schedule)
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Sitting in on part of Volunteer Training (CE hours vary / call to schedule)
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Heard of a great event in the community? Call us prior to the event to see if it counts!
View our Volunteer CE Calendar of Events to see upcoming in-service opportunities or call us at 704.602.0890.
Self-Study CE Credit
Watching a movie or reading a book from our approved list easily earns CE credits...
If you have not watched the following movies or read the following books, you can check them out from one of our offices through your Volunteer Manager.
Questions will be provided along with the movie or the book for you to answer and submit for continuing education credit. If you are unsure if you have used one of these for self-study in the past, please check with your Volunteer Manager.
Movies (2 CE Credits)
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Christmas in Conway
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Decoding Annie Parker
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Hachi
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I'll Be Me (Glen Campbell movie)
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It's Not Yet Dark
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Love, Gilda
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Patch Adams
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PS I Love You
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The Bucket List
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The Descendants
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The Doctor
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The Letters
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We Bought a Zoo
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Wit
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What Dreams May Come
Books (4 CE Credits)
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As I Lay Dying
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Being Mortal-Atul Gawande
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Being with the Dying, "Memories of a Grateful Hospice Volunteer", written by Terry Denny
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Final Gifts-Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley
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Glimpses of Heaven by Trudy Harris, RN
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door-Katy Butler
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Laughter, Tears and Braids-Bruce Ham
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Life Lessons-David Kessler & Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand-Helen Simonson
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Same Kind of Different as Me-Ron Hall, Denver Moore & Lynn Vincent
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Seeing the Crab-Christina Middlebrook
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Still Alice-LIsa Genova
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The Art of Racing in the Rain-Garth Stein
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living & Dying by Nina Riggs
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The End of Alzheimer's-Dale E. Bredesen, MD
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The Fault in Our Stars-John Green
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The Journey Home-Michael Quinn
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When Breath Becomes Air-Paul Kalanithi
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When Evening Comes-Christine Andreae