Explain the continuing education requirements in sports medicine professions.

Explanation should include

• the requirements of continuing education for sports medicine professions
• the need for personal accountability for continuing education
• description of the approval of and record-keeping process for continuing education classes.

Process/Skill Questions:

• Why is continuing education important?
• What are the categories of continuing education in the sports medicine profession (e.g., certifications, courses, degrees)?
• What are continuing education units? How does a professional earn continuing education units?
• Why do professional boards require continuing education? How do they monitor continuing education?
• How do professions grow through continuing education?