FAQs - Online CE Courses Contact Us
Can anyone take these courses?
How much do the courses cost?
How much credit is each course worth and who gives the credit?
How do I get my CE credit confirmation?
How long does it take to receive a credit confirmation?
What does the course expiration date mean?
What do others think about the courses?
What happens if I don't pass a post test?
Can anyone take these courses?
This website provides CE courses for ophthalmic medical personnel who are currently certified or who are applying for certification. These courses are not part of an accredited school or training program. The courses on this website are not open to the general public. For more information on ophthalmic schools and training programs, please call the Joint Commission at 800-284-3937.
Each group A credit has a fee of $10, with no minimum. The Joint Commission has changed the way that courses are given credit, so not every course is worth 1 credit hour. Some are worth .5 or .75 credit hour. The fee is reduced accordingly for those courses.
Yes, you can submit post-tests online and pay online with a credit card. We have a new CE credit processing service that will give your results and certificate instantly.
How much credit is each course worth and who gives the credit?
Most modules are worth one Joint Commission group A credit, but some are worth .5 or .75 credit, depending upon how the Joint Commission evaluated them. Credits are currently approved by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology, the Ophthalmic Photographer's Society, and the American Orthopticts Council. Joint Commission credits are also acceptable for Optometric allied personnel.
How do I get my CE credit confirmation?
Your credit confirmation will be available to you immediately after you complete the post-test for a CE credit course (module). You can save it to a folder on your computer and/or print it.
1. Create your own login page
2. Purchase CE credit courses
3. Read the course material
4. Take the post-test (quiz) for CE credit
5. Save and/or print your CE credit certficates
Go to the CE credit website for complete instructions. All courses are free to view and start on the catalog page. Click on a module of your choice to begin.
You will need a password on the CE credit processing website. There is no password needed to view the course material.
How long does it take to receive a credit confirmation?
Your credit confirmation will be available to you immediately after you complete the online post-test for a CE credit course (module). You can save it to a folder on your computer and/or print it. Post-tests mailed in are scored within a day of being received. Your credit confirmation will be mailed to you the next business day.
What does the course expiration date mean?
If you found the courses via the Joint Commission web site, you may have noticed that there is an expiration date associated with each course. This means that we have to send an application and pay a fee to the Joint Commission by that date to renew the certification for the course. Some courses may be replaced with new material on the expiration date, if so, there will be notification in the old course material that there is an expiration date.
What do others think about the courses?
All courses have received very high marks on the evaluation forms. For comments about the courses, follow this link.
The courses cover a variety of subjects. Follow this link to view the catalog.
What happens if I don't pass a post test?
You can miss 3 questions out of 15 and still pass the post-test. With the new online processing system, you will know immediately if you got a question correct. If incorrect, you will have one more opportunity to get the correct answer for that particular question. Before processing the quiz at the end, you will know how many questions you have correct. If the quiz is processed with 4 or more incorrect answers, you will not receive credit and you will have to pay for the course again if you want to take the quiz again. The questions are designed to confirm that you read the material, but they are not super-difficult.
There is a link to the post-test on the menu bar of each module. If the module only has one section, then the link will be on that page. If the module has more than one section, the link will be found on the menu bar of the last section. There is also a page that has links to all of the post-tests. You can get to this page from the CE credit login page.