Chaplains:

Application has been approved by the Association of Professional Chaplains so that a chaplain who attends the entire conference can earn 26 continuing education hours (CCEs). See the table above for session and day totals.

National Certified Counselors:

An NCC who attends the entire conference can earn 26 NCC continuing education hours (CEHs). See the table above for session and day totals. NCC hours will be awarded through the Counseling Program, College of Education, University of North Texas in Denton.

Texas Licensed Professional Counselors

A Texas LPC who attends the entire conference can earn 26 LPC continuing education units (CEUs). See the table above for session and day totals. Totals for Segment 1 include 1.5 Ethics CEUs each day; 3.0 for both days. LPC CEUs will be awarded through the Counseling Program, College of Education, University of North Texas in Denton.

Texas Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists

A Texas LMFT who attends the entire conference can earn 26 LMFT continuing education units (CEUs). See the table above for session and day totals. Totals for Segment 1 include 1.5 Ethics CEUs each day; 3.0 for both days. LMFT CEUs will be awarded through the Counseling Program, College of Education, University of North Texas in Denton.

Texas Social Workers

A Texas Social Worker who attends the entire conference can earn 2.6 Social Worker continuing education units (CEUs). See the table above for session and day totals. Totals for Segment 1 include .15 Ethics CEUs each day; .30 for both days. Social Worker CEUs will be awarded through the Counseling Program, College of Education, University of North Texas in Denton.

Nurses:

Nursing Continuing Education Contact Hours

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.

Physicians:

Educational Objectives: After attending the conference, participants should be able to

• summarize findings from a critical, comprehensive review of the first 30 years of research in the field of near-death studies;
• describe the most fruitful areas of future research in the field of near-death studies;
• discuss the application of findings from a critical, comprehensive review of literature on near-death experience to practical and ethical applications to palliative and end-of-life patient care, with emphasis on how health providers can respond constructively to patients who report near-death experiences, their families, and their other health providers.

Educational Methods:

Lectures, Question-and-Answer Sessions, Panel Discussions, Case Studies

Evaluation:

A course evaluation form will provide participants with the opportunity to review each session and speaker, to identify future educational needs, and to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations.

Accreditation/Credit Designation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This course has been designated by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center for 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has implemented a process whereby everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that could potentially affect the information presented. M. D. Anderson also requires that all faculty disclose any unlabeled use or investigational use (not yet approved for any purpose) of pharmaceutical and medical device products. Specific disclosure will be made to the participants prior to the educational activity.

Psychologists:

Following is a message from Jan Holden, president of IANDS and Professor of Counseling at the University of North Texas (UNT):

One of my colleagues at UNT, a licensed counseling psychologist, has repeatedly submitted his attendance at the North Texas Counseling Conference (NTCC) for psychologist CEUs and, even with audit, has always been approved, despite the fact that the conference has never been pre-approved for psychologist CEUs. For this reason, I did not seek separate advanced approval for psychologist CEUs for the IANDS conference.     

Another psychologist recently checked with the Houston American Psychological Association (APA) and reported to me that, indeed, as long as the APA deems the content of the program to be psychological in nature, they approve the CE credit. Of course, IANDS cannot guarantee that they will deem content about NDEs to be psychological in nature, but if they didn't, I, personally, with the help of any willing psychologist who has attended, will spearhead a vigorous appeal. Virtually everything about NDEs is psychological!! So, although your attendance at this conference is a CEU risk, I believe it is an extremely low one, and I will advocate for anyone in the unlikely event that their psychologist CEUs for attendance at this conference are rejected or questioned.

Thus, a psychologist who attends the entire conference should be able to earn 26 psychologist CEUs, with the breakdown for portions of the conference being the same as the chart listing above for National Certified Counselors,