Many years ago, your continuing education requirements were easily filled by your employer. Often, you’d be sent on an all-expense paid trip to a weeklong course in Sunny Las Vegas. With those days long behind us in our current healthcare environment, Therapists are being left to their own accord to scramble and pay for the hours to fulfill state license requirements. Luckily for us, many convenient options for continuing education have become easily available on the internet. Easily browse through a myriad of topic options from the convenience of your sofa. However, we are left to ask, which one is worth the time and money??
With a myriad of different price points, and options how do you know where to navigate? Each boasts different options like live webinars, recorded video, audio or written formats, and of course State certified credits. Well finally you have a resource to compare and contrast, and one site provided Rocktherecovery.com with a special Promo Code to extend your service for an entire month!
Each site will be rated on 4 categories scored out of 5 – ◊’s which include the following. First, we look at ease of use which refers to how easy it is to find, access, return what you need. Then we will review not only the number of video options, but also the quality of the learning. From there, we discuss price and then you can read more about the highlights of each site below. Click on any of the links below to sign up!
ContinuED: (PhysicalTherapy.com)
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Total score: 4.25
Known by their websites Physicaltherapy.com, Occupationaltherapy.com or Speechpathology.com this conglomerate of continuing education sites includes audiology, psychology, respiratory therapy education as well as the three Therapy sites listed above. Boasting 500+ courses including live, video, text and audio formats. The site provides easy access to your opened courses, as well as easy search/filter options to find your subject of choice. They provide an easily accessible form with your finished courses. It is easy to find excellent programs given by experts in their specialty on many of topics, with plenty to learn. An annual membership will Cost $99 for OT/ST and $129 for PT. This puts them at a great price/content balance. Act now and use the promo code “RECOVERY” to get a free month added to your membership!
Medbridge
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Medbridge.com is a well-known and respected site for continuing education as well as other opportunities. Included in their premium packages includes products to engage your patients including a HEP, and program builders, as well as patient portals and mobile apps. Or you have a choice to pick an education plan, which includes 2000+ quality courses and easy to access CEU dashboard. They have many options with quality content as well as certification prep courses. You can’t go wrong with Medbridge however the tradeoff is a higher price point of $325 for their Premium package, or $275 for the education plan.
Northeast Seminars
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Total: 3.5
Neseminars.com is a great site for those focused on having a few really high-quality options. Focused continuing education geared toward ortho/sports rehab PTs, ATCs and OTs. The site offers a la carte options as well as an “all in” option. The site offers multiple symposiums that is a comprehensive overview including foot & ankle, or hip. They also offer a 14-credit hour dynamic movement assessment which is top notch. If you want to learn directly from some of the names you learned in school like Mulligan, Sahrmann, and Wilk this is the site for you. At a price point of $249 for their all-in package, or almost the same for their individual seminars it’s a no brainer which way to go.
Summit Education
Summit-education.com does not have a score due to a lack of personal experience with the site. However, you see their name in a lot in continuing education conversations. They currently offer 3 different packages, including Online Access which provides access to 600+ recorded videos for $259.99. A virtual Access Subscription which adds 200+ live webinars for $289.99. Finally, an All Access subscription which then adds 700+ in person courses for $309.99. The site seems clean and easy to maneuver through. The topics seem varied, but in terms of quality can’t really be spoken to. For this amount of content, the price point is on the higher side as you can get Continued for half the price, or Medbridge for 3x the options at a similar rate. The option of in person courses at a mere $309.99 seems like a huge bonus, many of these appear to be either in Florida, Tennessee or New Jersey currently.
Conclusion:
Each option has its pros and cons of course. This article hopefully saved you some time researching by allowing you to see all the different price points, and features in one place. If you are negotiating a new Therapy job, don’t forget to ask about continuing education allowance!
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