Activities | OptumHealth Education

Title	Category	Credit	Event date	Cost
What Is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Is it Critical in Health Care Today?	Behavioral health	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance		$0.00	This panel discussion will identify ways in which HCPs can incorporate the principles of trauma-informed care into their practice. The ACE study and the connection between adverse childhood experiences and trauma will be reviewed. Methods in which health care professionals (HCPs) can interact with individuals while expressing understanding and empathy in trauma-informed ways to promote healing and reduce the risk of retraumatization will also be discussed.
Suicide: Prevalence, Predictive Indicators and Interventional Treatments	Behavioral health	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide education about predictive indicators of suicide risk, and how to best evaluate individuals for these risks and stressors. The history and incidence of suicide, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts will be examined, along with the prevalence of suicidality among certain populations, including those of differing gender, race, age, and socioeconomic groups. HCPs will identify interventional treatments that address suicide’s risk factors and how to incorporate interprofessional cooperation between HCPs and social service programs to intervene on behalf of patients who are at increased suicidal risk.
Gender Diversity in Mental Health and Substance Use	Behavioral health Health equity	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide education about the history and influence of gender diversity on mental health and neurodevelopmental issues and will examine the existing disparities in the health care setting. Existing standards and regulations in gender-diverse services within the health care environment will be discussed, along with current trends and outcomes. Participants will learn how to best address the needs that exist in caring for gender-diverse individuals and how to provide them with respectful, competent care that can improve outcomes.
Substance Use in Youth	Behavioral health Pediatrics	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will guide learners through current trends and statistics regarding adolescent SUDs, including stages of brain development, diagnostic criteria, risks, stressors, and protective factors. A review of optimal screening tools and treatment interventions will enable HCPs to better assess and treat SUDs, promote mental health, act to reduce SUD among adolescents, and decrease the potential risks for SUD in adulthood. Approaches to provide holistic mental health treatment and therapies for this population in cooperation with other specialties and community and social support services will be discussed.
Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care-Part One: Depression and Follow-up After Higher Levels of Care	Behavioral health	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses Attendance - General Attendance		$0.00	This activity will explain HEDIS measures related to the treatment of depression and the referral process for behavioral health treatment.
Recent Advances in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)	Behavioral health	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will review current ECT data regarding indications, risks, benefits, side effects, and outcomes for both general patient populations and special populations, such as the elderly and pregnant women. It will provide an overview of the recent advances that have enhanced ECT treatment outcomes and compare this therapy with other existing and experimental brain-stimulation modalities, including transcranial magnetic stimulation. In addition, the influence of public perception of ECT on its selection as treatment will be examined, as well as current data surrounding cognitive side effects—with a focus on the types of amnesia associated with ECT—and how HCPs can effectively measure these in their patients.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Children and Adolescents	Behavioral health Pediatrics	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will present HCPs with a comprehensive overview of MDD and suicidality in children and adolescents, and effective screening tools will be reviewed. The focus of MDD will include subtypes, differential diagnoses, risk factors, protective factors, and the course of illness that may be expected. Aspects of suicidality such as current statistics, risk assessment, and prevention will be discussed. Importantly, treatment modalities will be examined, with an updated overview of effective antidepressant medications and psychological therapies.
Women's Mental Health	Behavioral health	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide an overview of the psychiatric conditions experienced by women across their lifespans and alert HCPs to differences in symptom patterns, evaluation, and treatment, as compared to those of men. In addition, diagnostic criteria and management considerations for psychiatric conditions specific to women’s reproductive lifespans, such as those associated with perimenopause, postmenopause, pregnancy, the postpartum period, and the menstrual cycle, will be discussed.
Understanding and Preventing Burnout: Improving Health Care Outcomes	Behavioral health Wellness	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will discuss contributing factors to burnout, its impact on the health and well-being of HCPs and their patients, interventions to decrease overall stress and how burnout can influence patient care and health care outcomes.
Racial Trauma and Health Equity Across the Lifespan	Behavioral health Health equity	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity focuses on educating health care professionals about the impact of racism and bias on their patients’ SDOH, C-ACE, and short- and long-term mental and physical health outcomes. In addition, risk factors for C-ACE, as well as the important role of managed care in decreasing C-ACE among minority patients, will be discussed.

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