CONTINUING EDUCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does continuing education mean? 

• CONTINUING EDUCATION (noun)
  The noun CONTINUING EDUCATION has 1 sense:

1. a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time

  Familiarity information: CONTINUING EDUCATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINUING EDUCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("continuing education" is a kind of...):

didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)

 Context examples 

In addition, at least 10 continuing education hours in the field of Pediatric Oncology Nursing should have been completed over the past 3 years.

(Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

Or, if you are done with your formal education, you may take continuing education courses that you enjoy very much.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Nurse educators are registered nurses prepared at the graduate or doctoral level who prepare students for nursing practice at a variety of levels, including entry level, continuing education, advanced practice, and specialty practice.

(Nurse Educator, NCI Thesaurus)

A licensed Registered Nurse who has been working at least 1 year within the past 3 years, with at least 1,000 hours spent in Oncology Nursing within the past 2 1/2 years and at least 10 continuing education hours in the field of Oncology Nursing completed over the past 3 years and who has passed the certification exam.

(Oncology Certified Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

ACRO promotes the education and science of radiation oncology to improve oncologic service, to study the socioeconomic aspects of the practice of radiation oncology, and to encourage improved and continuing education in radiation oncology and its allied professional fields.

(American College of Radiation Oncology, NCI Thesaurus)

In the weeks that follow February 23 under this encouraging new moon, you can sign up for graduate school, college, continuing education classes, or you can attend book signings—these possibilities will heighten your creativity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)