Learning Objectives:
Following participation in the event, attendees will be able to:
- Increase knowledge and awareness related to the challenges and biases common in healthcare
- Recognize the value of developing and maintaining a strong healthcare workforce, reflective of culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse professionals
- Demonstrate components of evidence-based models of care with particular regard for elderly populations and palliative care patients
- Identify key patient healthcare rights and health advocacy across local, regional, state, and national levels
Upon completion of the event, attendees will have the option to earn the following professional continuing education credits:
NYSED Social Workers: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. 7.0 live in-person contact hours are approved.
NYSED Mental Health Counselors: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0008. 7.0 live in-person contact hours are approved.
NYSED Marriage and Family Therapists: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. 7.0 live in-person contact hours are approved.
NYSED Creative Arts Therapists: Offered in collaboration with the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. 7.0 live in-person contact hours are approved.
Continuing Nursing Education Credits: This program is approved for a maximum of 7.1 continuing nursing education contact hours by The NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Center for Continuing Education in Nursing. The NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Center for Continuing Education in Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Continuing Medical Education Credits: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and New York State Area Health Education Center. The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this internet live course for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.