How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?

Continuing education requirements often have specific benchmarks to ensure that practitioners are engaged in meaningful learning. In the context of many professions, including dentistry, one hour of continuing education is typically defined as 60 minutes.

This standard is widely accepted and helps create uniformity in measuring educational content. In this case, marking one hour as equivalent to 50 minutes is a notable convention used in some organizations to account for breaks or administrative time that occurs during educational sessions; however, when considering the full duration of active learning and engagement in a session, one hour remains 60 minutes.

Understanding this distinction is essential for professionals who need to meet their continuing education requirements properly.