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TDLR Waives Continuing Education, Other Requirements for Texas Orthotic and Prosthetic Professionals

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TDLR Waives Continuing Education, Other Requirements

TDLR continuing education requirements are waived for all individual licenses expiring in March, April, May, and June 2020.

Licensees still need to submit their renewal applications, pay the required fees, and TDLR will check their criminal histories, but they will not need to complete any TDLR-required continuing education this licensing cycle. (§51.405, Occupations Code)

Note: TDLR is not authorized to waive continuing education requirements imposed by a certifying or credentialing entity other than TDLR. If a certifying entity requires continuing education to maintain certification, and certification is required for Texas licensure, then that continuing education must be completed.

If the certifying entity waives continuing education or allows it to be completed on a delayed basis due to COVID-19, then you may follow the certifying entity’s policy.

The only two certifying entities for individuals who are licensed in prosthetics and orthotics would be:

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General, Marketing with Mansfield, Orthotic Prosthetic Continuing Education

It’s like REAL…only better!

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Simulive.

It’s a real word. Go ahead. Google it. (or just click on that link.)

Simulated + Live = Simulive.

What does it mean? In a nutshell…you can be in TWO places at the SAME time. So, it’s presentation magic.

Virtual. Remote. Online. Webinar. Webcast. Etc. Etc. Etc.

The new presentation/education reality is via computer/phone/iPad/tablet using some type of platform (Zoom, Google, Webex, etc., etc., etc.) which relies on TECHNOLOGY. And what happens when you use technology? Technical difficulties. Right? Bound to happen. Especially when everyone and their actual grandmother is online.
Rightnow. Thisminute. Allday. Everyday. In2020.

Just go online (haha, you’re already there) and if you don’t already have your own list of “why I like least about leaning online” search for “why I hate online meetings” or “remote presentations are the worst.” You’ll be reading for days.

In the rush to get EVERYTHING online, people often forget that quantity is not necessarily quality and that the attendee (and the presenter!) deserve to have a seamless presentation experience. Time is a precious commodity. Just because a lot of us seem to have more of it right now doesn’t mean someone else has the right to waste ours with TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES or, maybe even worse, the dreaded “uhhhhhhhhhhh” or “ummmmmmmm” or “like, like” or the “hang on for a second, there are chats coming in with questions and I need to read through them while I prioritize which ones to answer.”

we want it

I’ll say it again. The stakeholders – presenters, attendees, moderators, sponsors – should expect to have a seamless online/virtual/remote online learning experience.

Maybe each online event should have an “online event code of conduct.”

I (insert name) do solemnly swear that I will do the following or be forced to watch my presentation over and over and over again as punishment.

  • No technical difficulties
  • No verbal fillers
  • Provide real time interaction with attendees (in a way that does not detract from the content being presented)
  • BEGINNING AND ENDING THE SESSION ON TIME

What’s the key to having a SOLE (Seamless Online Learning Experience)? Simulive.

Contact CEC at  (844) 347-0738 to find out more.