Revamp Your Approach: Connecting to Resources

November 21, 2024

This FREE continuing education course is designed to enhance your ability to support patients with pain management and substance use disorders (SUD) by learning how to leverage community resources effectively. You will receive practical guidance identifying key care team partners within your community to expand treatment options and improve patient outcomes. You’ll explore how social determinants of health (SDOH) impact access to resources and lead to diverse health outcomes, gaining insight into structural barriers that patients may face.

Also, you will develop personalized strategies for identifying local resources and building essential partnerships to facilitate patient access and referrals. Through facilitated group discussions, you’ll reflect on your own practices, uncover areas for growth, and synthesize new approaches for integrating community resources into your care setting. Join us to strengthen your community connections and adopt a more collaborative, person-centered approach to pain management.

Target Audience

This course is intended for: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Public Health Professionals, Physical Therapists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify care team partners within your community to expand care opportunities for pain management and SUD. 
  2. Explain how structural barriers in accessing resources vary based on SDOH and the differing health outcomes for patients. 
  3. Describe plans to identify resources within your practice location and develop necessary relationships for patient access/referral. 
  4. Analyze personal CE participation in facilitated group discussion to identify personal practice gaps in pain management and SUD attitudes and behaviors. 
  5. Synthesize discussed resources to adopt an approach to their personal practice setting. 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
  • 2.00 AOA Category 2-A
  • 2.00 ASWB Credit
  • 2.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
  • 2.00 Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  • 2.00 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
  • 2.00 HSC Participation
  • 2.00 Physical Therapist (PT)
Course opens: 
10/13/2024
Course expires: 
11/21/2024
Event starts: 
11/21/2024 - 12:30pm CST
Event ends: 
11/21/2024 - 2:30pm CST
Cost:
$0.00
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Planner(s)

Cynthia A Carroll, MA, LPC, CPPS, PNAP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sujita Adhikari, MPH, CPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ericka Harden-Dews, JD, CHCP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Brenda Wilson, MS, CHCP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Cynthia A Carroll, MA, LPC, CPPS, PNAP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team. 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. 

American Osteopathic Association

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians. 

National Board of Public Health Examiners

This activity is approved for 2.00 credit(s) accepted by the National Board of Public Health Examiners' Certified Public Health (CPH) recertification program.

Texas Administrative Code

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity meets the requirements for continuing education for Texas-licensed Professional Counselors and Texas-licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. 

Texas Physical Therapy Association

This activity is offered by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2409035TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. 

Designation Statements

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 2.0 contact hour of AOA Category 2A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity. 

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacist

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN JA0004637-0000-24-029-L08-P and will award 2 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognized ACPE Providers. 

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity. 

Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. HSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

Nurses

This activity provides up to 2.0 contact hours. 

Certified Public Health Professionals

This activity provides 2.0 contact hours.

Social Workers

Social Workers completing this course receive 2.0 contact hour of continuing education credits. 

Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psychologists

This activity provides 2.0 contact hours.

Physical Therapists

This course provides 2.0 contact hours for PTs and PTAs licensed in Texas. 

For successful completion, a participant must attend the program, complete the evaluation, and request credit online at the conclusion of the activity. 

Certificate of Attendance

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 2.0 hours of participation.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
  • 2.00 AOA Category 2-A
  • 2.00 ASWB Credit
  • 2.00 Certified Public Health (CPH)
  • 2.00 Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  • 2.00 Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
  • 2.00 HSC Participation
  • 2.00 Physical Therapist (PT)

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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