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Title	Category	Credit	Event date	Cost
Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Patients with Liver Cancer	Disease management Oncology Transplantation	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance CCMC - General - Case Managers ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide an overview of the living-donor liver transplant procedure, the advantages and disadvantages of living-donor liver transplant, and the optimal timing for offering living donations to patients with liver cancer. Dr. Hughes will discuss the innovative approach advanced by experts at UPMC in which patients with liver cancer are offered the option of a living-donor transplant. He will discuss the experience and expertise offered by the UPMC Liver Transplant Program and their collaborative approach to working with referring physicians.
Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa 101 for Care Advocates	Behavioral health Wellness	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide education about the current statistics, incidence, and indicators of anorexia and examine the populations at increased risk for this illness. It will elaborate on the mental health effects of this disease and the relationship between diagnosis, treatment, and positive health outcomes. Interventional strategies, both preventive and treatment-based, will be discussed and will include a focus on the responsibilities and stressors that affect caregivers. Best practices that include improved communication among health care professionals, support for caregivers, and the integration of social/community support services will also be examined.
Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care-Part Two: Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care	Behavioral health	AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses Attendance - General Attendance		$0.00	This activity will focus on the integration of behavioral health services into the clinical primary care setting for SUD and discuss breaking the stigma and setting the stage for collaboration. Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures related to SUD will also be examined, as well as why these measures are important to establish a therapeutic alliance and a collaborative, stigma-free approach to care.
Why Do Smart People Make Mistakes? The Answers are Worthy of a Nobel Prize	Behavioral health	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	Participants in this activity will learn about the system framework theory of decision-making and how System I- and System II-type cognitive processes can best be utilized in the health care setting. The role of heuristics (mental “shortcuts” and rules-of-thumb) will be examined, as well as the types of cognitive biases (inherent and often unconscious systematic errors in thinking) that most commonly result in negative health outcomes. Debiasing strategies to address these negative influences on rational and optimal decision-making that are applicable to the self and the health care team will be explored.
Cervical Cancer: Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment Options and Outcomes	Oncology	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance CCMC - General - Case Managers ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	During this educational activity, learners will become familiar with the etiology and diagnosis of cervical cancer and explore treatment options and outcomes for relapsed, recurrent and metastatic disease. Advances in current cervical cancer clinical research trials will also be addressed.
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.
Patient Experience and Satisfaction: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) and Health Outcome Survey (HOS)	Disease management	AAFP - Family Physicians AAPC - Coders AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses Attendance - General Attendance		$0.00	How you treat patients, the words you choose, and the provision of care directly influence your patients' perception of the care they receive and help improve how they respond to the surveys. By honoring and respecting patients through genuine care, compassion and concern, patients' experience should improve over time. This activity will provide an overview of CAHPS and HOS surveys as well as strategies to improve the patient experience.
Advance Your Skills in Supporting the Family Caregiver	Behavioral health	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance CCMC - General - Case Managers NAB - Nursing Home Administers ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will discuss the role of the caregiver, identify barriers to caregiving, establish strategies to support the caregiver and determine available support resources to assist in maintaining the caregiver’s well-being.
Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding Gene Therapy and Addressing Health Disparities	Disease management Health equity Rare diseases	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance CCMC - General - Case Managers ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will discuss the effects and complications of SCD, the prevalence of SCD in different racial and ethnic groups and the role of gene therapy as treatment. Health disparities and challenges in accessing specialized care will also be addressed.
Sensor-Based Electronic Monitoring for Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Disease management Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacists ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians AMA - Physicians ANCC - Nurses APA - Psychologists Attendance - General Attendance ASWB - Social Workers		$0.00	This activity will provide learners with an overview of the prevalence and geographic variability of pediatric asthma, in part through an analysis of data from Chicago, where this variability is especially notable. It will discuss ways to improve pediatric asthma, provide learners with updated management strategies and describe the potential of new technologies, such as sensor-based inhaler monitoring in children, to improve outcomes across diverse populations through an examination of the recent clinical trial, Improving Technology-Assisted Recording of Asthma Control in Children (iTRACC).

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