SCCAPE- Sickle Cell Care Coordination for Achieving Patient Empowerment Conference

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LIVEACEAMAANCCIPCE

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 8:15 AM - Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 4:30 PM, NA, VA

This objective of this course is to provide the content needed for participants to function as a sickle cell disease health navigator (SCD HN) or work in a Sickle Cell medical care team.  This is an interprofessional activity for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and any health care professional caring for Sickle Cell Disease patients.  The program includes topics on COVID-19 impacts, US health care delivery, communication techniques, mental health issues, SCD treatments, and much more!

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1. Review sickle cell disease pathology, complications, treatments and its impact on a person’s general health and lifestyle.
2. Describe the impact of COVID-19 on the care and health of patients with Sickle Cell Disease.
3. Describe the role and responsibilities of a SCD HN or medical care team member working with patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and the other comorbid conditions including psychosocial issues.
4. Demonstrate effective communication using techniques such as motivational interviewing based upon knowledge of models such as the Health Belief Model and the Trans theoretical Model.
5. Describe the U.S. health care delivery system including the role of public health in changes of health care policy as it applies to health navigator or medical care team practice.
6. Develop a network of services for referral and resources in the communities SCD HN or medical care team member will serve.
7. Maintain professionalism to include HIPAA requirements, confidentiality and ethical boundaries between patients and health navigators.
8. Explore a variety of strategies health navigators or medical care team members can use to assist patients obtain healthy lifestyles and become more self-sufficient.
9. Develop and implement a Sickle Cell Medical Home and establish a CHW/HN Program.

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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 26.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health designates this activity for a maximum of 26.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health 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 26.50 live continuing education credits.

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.  

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. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (26.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (26.50 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (26.50 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (26.50 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (26.50 hours)

Meet your presenters: 

 Wally Smith, MD - Activity Director 

Thokozeni Lipato, MD 

 India Sisler, MD 

 Nadirah El-Amin, DO, MPH 

 Shirley Johnson, LSW 

 Joan Corder-Mabe, CNM, MSN, CNP 

Jennifer Newlin, PA-C

 Daniel Sop, BS, MS 

 Rachel Walls, LCSW

 Emily Sushko, MSN, RN, AGPCNP 

 Alesha R. Lieser, LCSW