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What is the difference between a contact hour and a CEU?

April 26, 2017CEU contact hour

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What is the difference between a contact hour and a CEU?

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International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) defines a continuing education unit (CEU) as ” ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction and qualified instruction.” Based on pilot tests, you will be spending about ten clock (contact) hours on each module of the PACP.

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CEU and Contact Hour are two ways to measure the time it takes to complete a course. No matter which method is used, all of CEU Professor’s courses will satisfy the requirement. One CEU is equal to 10 Contact Hours. Generally a nurse’s continuing education requirement is measured in Contact Hours. For example, your state nursing board may require you to take 30 Contact Hours every 2 years. However, your state nursing board may require you to take 3 CEUs. The 3 CEUs is equal to 30 Contact Hours. Whichever way it is measured, you will still be taking the same number of courses.

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A CEU is worth 10 contact hours. Example: If you attend a conference for three days, for 25 hours of workshops, that is the same as 2.5 CEUs. But NBCC counts HOURS not CEUs so you would record 25 hours in your folder (of the 100 hours you need). A contact hour is the same as an hour on the clock.