AST Continuing Education and Recertification Brochure

CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMITTING CE CREDITS TO AST Use the following as a personal checklist to confirm all steps have been completed prior to submitting CE credits to AST. q All CE credits were earned while an AST member. q Nonmember: Nonmember $400 processing fee. q All CE credits earned during the current certification cycle. q CE credits are relevant to the medical-surgical practice of surgical technology or surgical assisting. q Completed CE Reporting Form. q Copies of supporting documentation (eg, certificates of attendance, certificates of completion, etc). Keep originals of documentation. q The NBSTSA Renewal Form with renewal fee and photo submitted to the NBSTSA. Money orders, personal checks, institutional checks, American Express, MasterCard, VISA are accepted. Checks need to be made payable to AST. DEFINITIONS CE program: A CE program is defined as a live program including but not limited to conferences, forums, healthcare facility sponsored inservices, seminars, symposiums or workshops in which the CST and CSFA attend CE lectures or receive hands-on training. Enduring material: Enduring material is non-live offerings including, but not limited to, CE article delivered hard-copy or electronically that has a post-article CE exam; viewing a recorded CE lecture online, CD, or other electronic means that has a post-article CE exam. It is a method of self-di- rected learning in which the CST and CSFA independently completes CE activity. Healthcare facility inservice: An inservice is a CE activity that is developed, reviewed and provided inhouse through the healthcare facility where the CST is employed to improve skills or learn about new developments in the medical-surgi- cal practice of surgical technology and surgical assisting. A TO Z OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND RECERTIFICATION 18