continuing education
Adult professional development
Continuing education is formal learning pursued after completing initial schooling or training, typically by working adults.
It includes professional development courses, certificate programs, and classes taken for personal enrichment rather than a degree: The hospital requires nurses to complete continuing education credits annually.
Often abbreviated CE or CEU (continuing education unit).
- professional developmentOngoing workplace learning activities
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- lifelong learningOngoing self-improvement through study
- workshopsGroup learning sessions
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
college · credentialing · professional license · upskilling · certification · workforce development · adult learner · seminars · distance learning · vocational training · career advancement · skill development · knowledge gap · community college · university · adult literacy · refresher · enrollment
- worker educationtrade schools, vocational training, apprenticeships, technical schools, job skills
- dental regulationsdental license, state board, license renewal, licensing requirements, scope of practice
- pharmacy lawdrug scheduling, state boards, license renewal, DEA, FDA
- radiology trainingresidency, clinical rotations, didactics, board exams, oral boards
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
continuing educationundergraduate education
University before advanced degrees
primary education · first degree · K-12 education · basic education · elementary education
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