Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Mental Health Issues Common to Veterans and Their Families
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
  • 2.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$15.00
The effects of deployment to military combat on the individual and the family system are wide-reaching and can be severe. Military personnel may confront numerous potentially traumatizing experiences, including military-specific events and those experienced by civilians. Research suggests the most common traumatic events experienced during active duty are witnessing someone badly injured or killed or unexpectedly seeing a dead body.
HIV/AIDS: Epidemic Update
  • Infectious Diseases
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 ANCC
  • 5.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$35.00
Since the discovery of HIV, scientists have made major inroads in understanding modes of transmission, infectivity, and pathogenicity. Knowledge about the characteristics and behavior of this human retrovirus and its complex mechanisms of immunopathogenesis has helped to develop targeted therapeutic interventions and vaccine strategies. Sophisticated techniques have been and are being developed to diagnose infection, to monitor immune decline, to monitor response to therapy and disease progression, and to accurately detect and diagnose opportunistic diseases.
Sexual Harassment: Illinois Licensed Professionals
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$25.00
Illinois law prohibits sexual harassment. Although it may sound like a simple concept, sexual harassment can be difficult for individuals to truly comprehend. Employees need to know what behavior is considered sexual harassment and what they should do if they witness or experience any type of sexual harassment. Understanding those requirements can help companies and individuals avoid behaviors that might constitute sexual harassment. This course will identify those requirements.
Alzheimer Disease
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 15.00 ANCC
  • 15.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$105.00
This continuing education course is intended to increase the knowledge and skills of those who are called upon to care for people with Alzheimer disease. This course contains a significant amount of information that pertains to necessary care by physicians, nurses, behavioral health professionals, caregivers, and other healthcare professionals. It also includes relevant information for all members of the interdisciplinary team to utilize when ensuring the follow-up and care of patients with Alzheimer disease.
Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Assault
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
  • 3.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$21.00
Whether out of impulse, compulsion, anger, or the assertion of power, sexual assault is a criminal act of violence imposed on the vulnerable and the innocent, causing immediate physical and emotional suffering and often having long-lasting adverse psychological effect. For health professionals and society as a whole, the prevention of sexual assault is an urgent and complex matter; for nurses and physicians, the proper evaluation, care, and follow-up of these patients are challenging issues that require an informed, multidisciplinary approach.
Implicit Bias in Healthcare
  • Implicit Bias
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 ANCC
  • 1.25 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
$15.00
Recent movement toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is encouraging for historically overlooked individuals. Diversity and inclusivity bring a variety of frequently ignored perspectives and experiences, but it has also uncovered the depth of implicit biases.This course will present the impact of implicit biases and other forms of discrimination on the provision of healthcare, as well as best practices to reduce implicit bias and the means to become a DEI ally.

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