MSHA Home Study Course

“For Minnesota, By Minnesota”

The MSHA Home Study Course was created in 2006 to allow members to read web-based articles for summer-only continuing education self-study. In 2008, online lectures were added as a new approach. Today, the MSHA Home Study Courses have been approved for multiple offerings, allowing members to earn credit through lectures or articles up to three years after publication. The course is offered to MSHA members at no charge and provides an opportunity to earn ASHA CEUs and Minnesota Department of Education or Department of Health clock hours.

The course consists of lectures and articles representing “for Minnesota, by Minnesota” presenters who are academic faculty or community partners. The lectures and articles provide continuing education in speech, language, swallowing, and professional issues. These lectures and articles are only accessible to MSHA members on the protected membership area of our MSHA Web site. Any current MSHA member is eligible to participate.

Participant Responsibility:
Like all MSHA CE activities, the MSHA Home Study Course is a voluntary opportunity. Participants must agree to work independently. Participants may elect to view any number of the lectures or articles. To receive CE credit, participants must answer the corresponding CE questions accurately (see pass/fail criteria), and submit response materials for review by the published deadlines.

Pass / Fail Criteria:
MSHA Home Study Course Editors will grade and record all participant responses. PASS requires 4 correct responses out of 5 CE questions for each lecture or article. Participants are eligible for 0.1 ASHA CEUs or one clock hour from the Minnesota Department of Health or Department of Education for each lecture or article. See the list of lectures and articles to see the CE area approved for each lecture or article.

Presenter/Author Disclosure:
Lectures and articles submitted for the MSHA Home Study Course are a donation from the presenter/author to MSHA; no presenter or author received any honorarium for the contribution. No presenter or author has any proprietary interest in the material.

For more information, please contact MSHA’s Vice President for Professional Development.

Course Completion Instructions

1. Review the course titles and learning objectives.
2. Select one or more lectures and/or articles to view. You must work alone and you must sign an honor statement that certifies your independent work.
3. Open the questions & answer document and enter responses, saving the document to your computer as you work. Print and sign the honor code when you have finished. (Alternatively, print the blank answer sheet first, write legible answers, and sign the honor code.)
4. Complete the MSHA Participant Activity Evaluation via the link provided. Please complete one evaluation for each lecture or article you view.
5. If your continuing education credits are tracked through ASHA, download, print, and complete the ASHA CEU Participant Form in black ink. Do not fold.
6. Mail the answer sheet and, if needed, ASHA CEU Participant Form to the MSHA office at 1821 University Ave W, Ste S256, St. Paul, MN 55104-2897.
7. Deadlines are critical; all materials MUST be received in the MSHA office by the published schedule of deadlines.

What happens next?
Your answers will be graded and you will be notified by e-mail of a PASS or FAIL score. If you fail, you may resubmit responses two more times before the published deadline. If you pass, an online certificate of achievement suitable for state licensure documentation will be sent to you. Members who belong to the ASHA CE Registry will have their ASHA CEU Participant Forms reported to ASHA’s CE Board.

Errors to avoid:

• Include your name on all documents.
• Verify that no pages are missing.
• Complete all answers.
• Print legibly and sign the honor statement before sending in the answer sheet.
• Do not miss the published mailing deadline. Credit will not be available for late filing.
• Send forms in a flat envelope; folded sheets cannot be sent to ASHA’s CE Board.

Schedule of Deadlines

Course Materials

(Click on a lecture or article title to view the learning objectives and presenter and/or author biography for that lecture or article.)

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