Graduate Certificate Programs in Clinical, Medical Social Work

Smith certificate programs consist of a number of different courses often over a number of days. Many courses are standalone sessions but some courses may have two or three sessions. Partial credit may not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of a course.

For in-person seminars: You must attend the entirety of the seminar to earn a CE certificate. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the seminar. For live, in-person seminars, participants must sign in and out of the session and complete an evaluation. Receiving the CE certificate is contingent on completion of the evaluation and signing in and out of the seminar.

For webinars: Webinars (referred to as live interactive webinar by ASWB) are synchronous lectures with a moderated Q A at the end. To receive a CE certificate, you must attend the entirety of the webinar. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the webinar. For webinars, participant attendance is tracked through Zoom and participants must complete an evaluation and successfully pass a post test with a score of at least 80 percent. Retesting is allowed up to five (5) times. If a passing score is not achieved, CEs will not be awarded. Receiving the CE certificate is contingent on attendance and completion of the evaluation and passing the post test.

To receive a CE certificate, you must attend the entirety of the virtual seminar. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the virtual seminar. Receiving the CE certificate is contingent on attendance and completion of the evaluation.

In general, it is the expectation that students attend all scheduled sessions of the program. However, Smith understands that emergencies or unexpected events may interfere with a student attending a particular session or a part of a session. Aside from CE credits, the policy of the SSW Certificate programs is that students who miss significant portions of a seminar or a full session will be required to complete a make-up assignment. Students who miss than 10% of the total course hours will not be eligible to earn a certification of completion. For the Supervision Certificate this constitutes missing 6 hours.

Receiving the CE certificate is contingent on completion of the evaluation and signing in and out of the seminar.

Continuing Education (CE) credits offered vary by course. Please check individual course pages for individual course approval. Social workers completing this certificate program receive up to 52 continuing education credits.