Welcome to the Continuing Education Consortium
The Continuing Education Consortium is a one-stop emporium for continuing education as well as non-CE eLearning coursework for the infection prevention and healthcare communities.
The Continuing Education Consortium is designed to provide science-driven, evidence-based continuing education coursework aligned with innovative commercial enterprise that educates, inspires, encourages and motivates healthcare professionals to pursue excellence in infection prevention and control, healthcare epidemiology, quality improvement, patient and healthcare personnel safety, risk management, value analysis and leadership.
The Origin Story
The Continuing Education Consortium was born from the founder’s rich legacy of leading continuing education programs for the healthcare community
Aug 2019
Keystone Media Inc. is founded
Veteran journalist and editor Kelly M. Pyrek leaves the corporate publishing world to launch a new enterprise that would provide media, publishing and continuing education for the medical and healthcare community.
oct 2019
Healthcare Hygiene magazine is Launched
Healthcare Hygiene magazine was launched to provide an alternative voice within the IP&C sector that is free from bias and commercial overtones to better serve our readership and underwriters.
June 2020
The Bug Buster Box is Launched
The IP&C sector’s first e-commerce and education program pioneered the concept of pairing a CE webinar with a discovery box of goodies designed to put product samples and other educational novelties in the hands of IPs who were unable to attend trade shows due to COVID restrictions.
april 2023
The Continuing Education Consortium is Launched
The CEC was launched following the success of a series of virtual symposia, and designed to be the forever home of all continuing education and eLearning opportunities offered by Keystone Media Inc. and Keystone Continuing Education, LLC.
Experienced, Qualified e-Learning Instructors and Facilitators
• Instructors have decades of experience in the healthcare sector
• Facilitators are highly qualified to lead group exercises and live-streaming courses
• The director of the Continuing Education Consortium has 25 years of experience in nursing and healthcare continuing education development and management
• All coursework is reviewed by clinical experts to ensure relevance, timeliness and pertinence
• All coursework is updated regularly to stay abreast of guidelines and recommendation evolution
The Continuing Education Consortium offers free and paid coursework that is free of commercial bias.
The Continuing Education Consortium is an enterprise of Keystone Media Inc./Keystone Continuing Education, an approved provider #175000 of the California Board of Registered Nurses.