The following are links to online education opportunities for professionals on a variety of health, child development, and social issues.   Some, but not all, offer continuing education credit.  Please note that SAM’s RESOURCES does not specifically endorse and is not responsible for the content of any of these outside links. 
 
Child Trauma Academy
www.childtrauma.org
Free online courses include: The Amazing Human Brain and Human Development
 
Advance for Nurses
www.advanceweb.com/nurses
Online continuing education courses for nurses on a wide variety of health topics, provided by Merion Publications Inc. and approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses.   Generally, courses offer one and two CEUs for $4-$8 per course.
 
Medscape
www.medscape.com
Medscape is a part of the WebMD Health Professional Network.  This website offers nurses and other health professionals online learning opportunities with CE and CME credits. The list of health and wellness topics for continuing education is extensive. 
 
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
This website provides training modules on diabetes care, in addition to a wide variety of information on all aspects of diabetes for health professionals and for the public. 
 
Bright Futures at Georgetown
www.brightfutures.org
This website offers distance learning and online materials on children’s health issues for professionals.
 
Children’s Research Triangle, Chicago
www.childstudy.org
Children’s Research Triangle offers various education and training opportunities for professionals who work with children exposed to alcohol and drugs in pregnancy.  There is also a program to identify and address the needs of pregnant women who are using alcohol and drugs and thereby placing their unborn children at risk.
 
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
www.mchoralhealth.org
“A Health Professional’s Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management” and other distance learning opportunities are offered on this website, in addition to other resources for professionals.
 
Pediatrics in Practice
www.pediatricsinpractice.org
Pediatrics in Practice offers a curriculum, in print and online, designed to support child health professionals in integrating health promotion in their practice.