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Friday Medical Conference

Join us for Friday Medical Conference (FMC), a weekly Continuing Medical Education (CME) opportunity for physicians, healthcare professionals, and several healthcare student programs. This 'Grand Rounds' style lecture series provides a cross-section of recent advances in medicine along with clinical etiology, diagnosis, and management information.  During its long tenure, and throughout each conference year topics have addressed infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases; endocrinology; gynecology; ethical issues; patient management; immunology; internal medicine; neurology; and a myriad of medical sub-specialties.  With a commitment to education and continued learning, this interdisciplinary conference's goal is to ultimately improve patient care and outcomes.

Counselor Education Workshop Series

The Department of Counselor Education offers a series of workshops each semester for practicing professionals and graduate students in the health sciences. Fall workshops center around specialty areas in counseling children and families and Spring workshops focus on issues specific to counseling couples. Workshops take place on four Fridays during the academic semester and can be taken individually or as a series. The Department of Counselor Education has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 3033). University of Montana students can also complete the workshop series for 2 graduate credits/semester. For a list of current workshop offerings, please contact counselored@mso.umt.edu

Continuing Pharmacy Education

The mission of the Continuing Pharmacy Education program is to develop and delivery quality programming to meet ongoing educational needs of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians for the purpose of improving patient safety and health in Montana. The University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy is an approved continuing education provider through the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education (ACPE). 

Montana Geriatric Education Center

The Montana Geriatric Education Center, home of the MT Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (MGWEP), provides geriatric education and training for Montana health professionals, higher education faculty, and health professions students so that they might better meet the health needs of the older residents of the state. Programming continues to be developed and refined for a variety of health professionals including nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, physicians, physician assistants, mental health providers and social workers.