SCCAPE 2025: Sickle Cell Care Coordination for Achieving Patient Empowerment

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Sunday, March 16, 2025, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 5:00 PM EST, Hilton Short Pump, Richmond, VA


SCCAPE is a 4-day, multidisciplinary course for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, community health providers, patients, and their families designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed for participants to understand and optimize the role of a sickle cell disease health navigator (SCD HN) or work in a Sickle Cell Disease medical care team. This interprofessional conference prepares allied health professionals, community-based staff, and volunteers to work together to improve patient outcomes.

1. Describe sickle cell disease (SCD) pathology, complications, treatments and the impact on patients’ general health and lifestyle.
2. Summarize the newer SCD modifiers and emerging curative therapies.
3. Identify the impact of mental health concerns in SCD care and discuss behavioral health screening tools and strategies to assist patients.
4. Discuss how a sickle cell medical home is developed and describe the critical components of a program including staffing, financing, daily operations and monitoring.
5. Describe an effective program to transition patients from pediatric to adult services while providing quality comprehensive SCD care.
6. Discuss the role and responsibilities of a sickle cell disease medical care team with emphasis on the newer emerging expanded roles of social workers and the inclusion of patient navigators.
7. Discuss the impact of racism, complicit and implicit bias, and health disparities on the health of persons living with sickle cell disease.
8. Describe the U.S. health care delivery system as it relates to SCD care and identify the role of the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine consensus report, “Addressing Sickle Cell Disease A Strategic Plan and Blueprint For Action.”
9. Identify the principles of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements, confidentiality and ethical boundaries between patients and health care team members as it relates to SCD health care.
10. Identify effective communication using techniques such as motivational interviewing based upon knowledge of communication theories such as adult learning theory, health belief model and the transtheoretical model.
11. Discuss the patient perspective of SCD care and how the medical care team can support patients’ efforts to reach optimum health within limitations of living with a chronic disease such as SCD.

-MD, PhD, PharmD (Before Feb 15) $450 
-MD, PhD, PharmD (After Feb 15) $550
-Nurse, APP, Social Worker, and Other Licensed Health Professional (Before Feb 15) $350 
-Nurse, APP, Social Worker, and Other Licensed Health Professional (After Feb 15) $450
-Non-licensed Community Health Worker, Community-Based Organizations, Advocates, and Patients (*No CE Awarded.) $250
*Does not increase after Feb 15 for CHWs.

*Prices will Increase*

MD, PhD, PharmD (After Feb 15) $550
Nurse, APP, Social Worker, and Other Licensed Health Professional (After Feb 15) $450

Full Refunds: A full refund less a 15% non-refundable administrative fee refunded only if written notice of cancellation is received via email to [email protected] by January 16th.

Partial Refunds:  Cancellation requests made by February 16th are eligible for a 50% refund, less a 15% non-refundable administrative fee refunded only if written notice of cancelation is received via email to [email protected] .

No Refunds:  Refunds will not be provided for cancellations made after March 9th.

Refund Processing Time:  Credit card refunds, once successfully processed, takes approximately 72 hours to show up in the registrant’s credit card statement, if not sooner. Checks will take approximately 30 days to process/issue. 

*For hotel reservations and more event details, visit www.sccape.org*

We also invite you to apply for our new Show and Tell Expo on Sunday, March 16th! This is a unique opportunity to share your innovative project with the Sickle Cell Disease community in a relaxed setting. No scientific abstract or formal presentation needed.  Instead, presenters will prepare a poster or tabletop display showcasing your project.  If interested, please submit a brief proposal by February 1st using this link on our website.  Participants will be notified of acceptance no later than February 10th.

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 24.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 24.25 ANCC contact hours. 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 24.25 AAPA Category 1 CME

credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 24.25 CE credits 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.

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.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

This activity provides 24.25 contact hours (.2425 CEUs) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA4008237-0000-25-006-L01-P UAN JA4008237-0000-25-006-L01-T

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24.25 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credit (24.25 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (24.25 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (24.25 hours), APA - American Psychological Association (24.25 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (24.25 hours), General Attendance - Attendance without CE credit (24.25 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (24.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (24.25 hours)

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

VCU Health Continuing Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.