Continuing Education Credit Co-Sponsorship Program is available to all Certified MBSR teachers who wish to offer the CE credit when they teach an 8-week MBSR Course. 

Program Enrollment Fee: $200/year/organization 
CE Fee: $30/participant 

Please register to enroll in our MBSR CE Co-sponsorship. 

After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with links to Pre-Course and Post-Course Application Forms, and a list of materials required for each Application Form. 

You can view and/or download a list of materials required for the applications.

Pre-Course Application Form & Required Materials

Upon enrolling in our CE Co-Sponsorship program, please submit the CE Co-Sponsorship Pre-Course Application Form at least 7 days prior to the start of the course. 

Following documents/forms are required to complete the Pre-Course Application Form. 

• Attendance Sheet and Sign-in Sheet (Download samples) 

  Weekly Sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants. License information is required for participants who are requesting to obtain CE credit 

• Promotional Materials with Official CE statement (Download Official CE statement) 

  Promotional materials should include MBSR course description, objectives, dates and location of the course, course fees and teacher(s)’ bio(s). Promotional materials are web pages, flyer, and email announcement. 

• Objectives 

  Following objectives must be included in your promotional materials: 

  1. Identify the key aspects of mindfulness as it relates to stress reduction, coping with pain and illness and enhancing well-being

  2. Articulate the difference between MBSR from relaxation and other distraction techniques that may seem similar but are fundamentally and theoretically quite different in contending with difficulty and enhancing quality of life

  3. Apply mindfulness techniques in both personal and professional settings as a means of contending more effectively with the demands of both settings

  4. Apply mindfulness into social interaction with patients, colleagues, supervisors, family and friends to facilitate more effective and mindful communication

  5. Describe the potential benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (and mindfulness in general) to educate patients and their families about the benefits of such programs in their own lives

  6. Utilize brief mindfulness practices with patients and family members as a means of contending with acute pain, anxiety and distress.

• CE Certificate (Download sample Certificate) 

  CE credit for 8-week MBSR: 27.0 for APA and 32.0 for BRN 

• Evaluations (Download sample evaluation) 

  Please download the sample evaluation form. 
  Evaluations must include following questions: 

  1. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program? 
     1 2 3 4 5 
     Very little ——– Great deal 

  2. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development? 
     1 2 3 4 5 
     Not useful ——- Extremely useful 

  3. Overall, instructors' level of knowledge, expertise, and teaching abilities were:
     1 2 3 4 5
     Poor——- Excellent

Post-Course Application Form & Required Materials

Upon completion of your course, you must submit an online CE Co-Sponsorship Post-Course Application Form within 2 weeks after the course completion. After you submit the Post-Course Application Form and required materials, please email mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu. CE fees will be charged to your credit card we have on file. 

Following documents/forms are required to complete the Post-Course Application Form.

• Scanned Attendance Sheet and Sign-in Sheet 
  Weekly Sign-in sheet signed by all participants. License information is required for participants who obtained CE credit 

• Evaluations 
  Please submit a summary of evaluations. 
  Evaluations must include following questions: 

  1. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program? 

     1 2 3 4 5 

     Very little ——– Great deal 

  2. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development? 

     1 2 3 4 5 
     Not useful ——- Extremely useful