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- Medical Errors
- Risk Management
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
The purpose of this module is to engage health care providers (prescribers), pharmacists, and other health care professionals in evidence based practices to avoid medication errors and enhance patient safety. Successful attainment of knowledge by the learner will enable improved awareness and lead to changes in clinical practice measures to overcome common causes of medication errors.
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
The purpose of this knowledge-based course is to provide an evidence-based approach to improving the current team processes of clinical assessment and management of violence risk in Veterans with PTSD. First, prevalence rates of violence in Veteran populations will be described, noting that most Veterans do not have problems with violence toward others. Next, risk factors that have shown a consistent empirical association with violence in Veterans will be outlined, knowledge of which can help inform what variables to evaluate when assessing violence risk by the team.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC
- 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$0.00
This recorded, knowledge-based webinar will focus on the VA benefits most relevant to Veterans receiving palliative or hospice care and their families/survivors. The presenters will introduce each benefit, including why it is of value, eligibility criteria, and how palliative and hospice staff can assist Veterans and their families with the application process. Perspectives from working both within and outside the VA system will be shared. This training is appropriate for healthcare teams.
- LGBTQ
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
This module reviews important terminology, addresses medical biases, and identifies best practices for serving transgender and nonbinary patients. Users of this module will learn about clinical guidelines for prescribing hormone therapy and will learn about practice changes they can make to ensure patients receive nondiscriminatory care. This module includes a role play demonstration of key concepts.
- Medical Ethics
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
Dr. Sotomayor, Chief of the Clinical Ethics Consultation service of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, navigates learners through the complex ethical dilemmas that face healthcare practitioners by reinforcing the foundational concepts of clinical bioethics, primarily the four principles, and educating the learner on how to apply these foundational concepts to the pressing ethical issues related to health equity and prescribing and access to medications and treatments.
- Telemedicine
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 ANCC
$0.00
Telehealth has become an integral part of the healthcare system as it provides patients, healthcare providers, and staff with a flexible option to meet healthcare needs. The use of telehealth proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic, with regulations and payment structures modified to allow payments to clinicians to provide new ways of care. This course covers telehealth best practices and use cases to transform care delivery by integrating workflows, administrative documentation, and achieving high patient satisfaction.
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
The "Opioid Addiction Identification and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)" course is an educational program designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address the opioid crisis. Led by an expert in addiction medicine, participants will explore key topics such as the definition and scope of opioid addiction, the neurobiology of addiction, risk factors for opioid addiction, and common signs and symptoms of opioid use disorder.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.10 ANCC
$0.00
This module reviews the population health impact of vaccinations on the community. This includes the vaccine campaigns, health benefits, risk-factors, vaccine hesitancy and impact of misinformation so that health professionals can effectively communicate with patients about vaccinations. This module will be a lecture style format with integrated questions throughout. This module will be approximately 1 hour in length for viewing and completion of the evaluation. This module is approved for 1 hour of CME.
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
This course overviews the history of antibiotics and how antimicrobial overuse has led to a public health emergency in our communities. Presenters overview the concept of antimicrobial stewardship and its core elements. Learners will obtain knowledge of syndromic stewardship and how to customize interventions based on community needs. Additionally, learners will hear about system-level interventions using examples of systems in the DC area. For both syndromic and system-level stewardship, proper implementation practices will be reviewed. This module provides 1.5 hours of CME.
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
$0.00
This module provides an overview of tobacco cessation approaches, and how scientific evidence is applied to support everyday clinical decision-making. Users of this module will learn about the epidemiology of tobacco and nicotine-based products, the underlying neuroscience of nicotine addiction, and assess pharmacologic and behavioral approaches to enable patients to quit their use of them. The course describes clinical strategies, best practices, and community resources that health care practitioners can use to ensure the best results of cessation therapy for their patients.