Instructions

Date & Location
Friday, April 1, 2022, 12:00 PM - Saturday, April 1, 2023, 1:00 AM

Overview
Learners will complete asynchronous online content that they may access at their convenience. Learners will begin to understand VCU and Richmond’s history and the resulting health inequities.

Objectives
  1. Understand why COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted certain racial and ethnic groups.
  2. Explain how COVID-19 reflects and intensifies existing inequities.
  3. Reflect on proposals to address racial health disparities related to COVID-19 and other pandemics/epidemics/endemics.

Registration
There is no registration fee to participate in this activity. Click on Content and Tests above to complete the requirements and claim credit.

Learners must review learning and resource materials, complete the reflection activity, and complete the attestation and activity evaluation in order to receive credit.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education 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.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hour. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

This activity provides 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Numbers (UANs): JA4008237-0000-22-071-H04-P and JA4008237-0000-22-071-H04-T.

NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS & PHARMACY TECHNICIANS: Upon closing of the online evaluation, VCU Health Continuing Education will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, VCU Health Continuing Education does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested if participant does not provide NABP and DOB. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a continuing education activity.

1 CE credit will be awarded for psychologists attending the entire program. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. VCU Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credit.

Accommodation
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Requests for accommodations must be received 21 days prior to activity start date.

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to [email protected].

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted.

The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you. 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

 

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credit (1.00 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (1.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.00 hours), APA - American Psychological Association (1.00 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)