Continuing Education Approval Process

Course Approval for CEU Providers

All continuing education providers seeking APTA South Carolina approval for their courses must submit their applications and payments through CEU Locker. The CEU Locker is a cloud-based, centralized system used by multiple APTA state chapters to manage, review, and approve continuing education applications.

GET STARTED BY CREATING A CEU PROVIDER ACCOUNT HERE .

Submit your course with supporting documentation and the non-refundable application fee at least 30 days prior to the course date. Incomplete or missing information will delay the review process.

Course Approval Fees for APTA SC:

• Course application fees are:
  • 1.00 – 4.00 hour course – $100
  • 4.01-16.00 hour course – $200
  • >16.01 hours – $300

Course Approval Information for APTA SC:

• If approved, APTA South Carolina will assign the course a course approval number.
• The course approval number is valid for the initial presentation and for subsequent presentations of the same course (same material, same presenters, same objectives, etc.) for twelve (12) months following the initial presentation.
• Courses can be resubmitted each year for reapproval.

Application Requirements for APTA SC:

The following information is required for all APTA South Carolina continuing education course applications. This information can be submitted by manual entry into CEU Locker and/or by uploading PDF file(s). A course brochure or flyer can be submitted if it contains any of the information below.

PROVIDER INFORMATION:

• Contact name and organization
• Address
• Telephone/ Fax / Email

COURSE INFORMATION:

• Course title, date(s), location(s), and instructor(s)
• Number of contact hours requested
  • A “Contact Hour” is defined as a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of instruction or participation within sixty (60) minutes.
  • Registration, non-working meals, breaks greater than 10 minutes, and evaluations do not count towards the total contact hours.
• Instructional method – Live or recorded webinar, online, lecture, and/or lab
• Level of course – basic, intermediate, advanced
• Target audience – PT, PTA, other allied health professionals
• The teacher: student ratio for in-person courses
  • Number of instructors: Maximum number of participants permitted to take the course
• Focus area of the course.  Some examples include:
  • Aquatics
  • Cardiovascular & Pulmonary
  • Clinical Electrophysiology
  • Education
  • Ethics
  • Geriatrics
  • Jurisprudence
  • Medical Billing/Coding and Policy
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Orthopedics
  • Orthotics and Prosthetics
  • Pediatrics
  • Sports
  • Vestibular
  • Wheelchair Seating and Mobility
  • Women’s Health
  • Wound Care
  • Other: ____________
• Course objectives
  • Please use Bloom’s Taxonomy when developing measurable and behavioral course objectives.
  • The course objectives should address what the attendees/learners should be able to do at the end of the course.
• Statement designating how this course relates to the practice of physical therapy
• Statement of means/method for participants to demonstrate what they have learned
• A course schedule/outline that includes all breaks, course topics, and time spent on each topic
  • Example 1:
    • 8:00 – 8:30 Registration
    • 8:30 – 9:45 Anatomy of the foot
    • 9:45 – 10:00 Break
  • Example 2:
    • Introduction (5 minutes)
    • Anatomy of the foot (35 minutes)
• Course evaluation form(s)
• Bibliography including five (5) citations from peer reviewed journals in the past ten (10) years. If the instructor(s) are using their own research, they must include an additional peer reviewed journal article(s) to supplement their contribution per included article.
  • Please highlight/bold the five (5) or place them at the beginning of your bibliography.
• Current, dated curriculum vitae or resume for each instructor, speaker, panelist, or lab assistant. A brief bio will not be accepted
• Conflict of interest/bias disclosure for each instructor, speaker, panelist, or lab assistant.