College credit for LTC professionals. (Product Spotlight).Long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. professionals can now use their continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). credits to obtain college credits through a new arrangement by the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA ACHCA American College of Health Care Administrators ACHCA Australian Catholic Health Care Association (name changed to Catholic Health Australia) ); Care2Learn.com and the Long-Term Care Management Institute at Saint Joseph's College of Maine This article is about the college in Maine. For other colleges of Saint Joseph, see Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a private, Catholic liberal arts college that grants bachelor's degrees in a traditional on-campus setting, as (SJC SJC Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts) SJC São José dos Campos (Brazil) SJC St. John's College (Johannesburg, South Africa) SJC San Juan College SJC St Joseph's College ). Under the arrangement, students who successfully complete a series of self-study courses (usually three) developed by SJC and offered at ACHCA University, an online education resource, and who then complete a fourth module and pass a comprehensive exam, will be eligible to receive three college credits. The first courses that will be formatted as self-study modules will be core course offerings from SJC's Long-Term Care Administration Certificate and Bachelor's Degree. They will enhance what's already available from Care2Learn.com for 13 different healthcare disciplines. ACHCA members and their facility staff will receive special business IDs and password codes from their organization that will enable them to get discounts from both Care2Learn.com and SJC. Nonmembers will be eligible to take courses but not at discounted rates. CIRCLE 80 ON READER SERVICE CARD |
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