Continuing education · 5 min
CE that still helps you on the table, not just a certificate PDF
If every hour is the same webinar with a new title, your hands will not notice you 'learned.'
You still have to satisfy the cycle. You do not have to spend the whole 36 on whatever was on sale in March. Split live or hands-on work from the self-instruction cap. Spend some hours on the thing that actually injures therapists: ethics complaints, records, and the lumbar client you have been winging.
A less stupid mix (still check what NYSED will accept)
Ethics / professional practice
You skip it because you are 'already ethical'
Red flags drift after school
A 1998 cancer handout you never open
All self-instruction until the cap, then panic
Notes and ads get people fined
Ignoring it until a Google listing blows up
Ethics for the exam (students share this)
Pick hours your next client would feel, then keep the PDF.
Keep reading
36 hours, 3 years, 12 from the couch. Stop inventing a yearly quota.
Continuing education · 6 min
Your first renewal is a different animal than year six
Continuing education · 5 min
Advertising, titles, and the complaint that starts with a Google listing
Continuing education · 6 min
Draping, consent, and the ethics items people call obvious
Law and licensure · 5 min
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