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Title	Category	Credit	Event date	Cost
Global Is Local! How Does Global Health Impact Us?	Disease Management Managed care	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionThe world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, and growing rates of obesity and physical inactivity to the health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises.
Medical Home Care for the Child with Medical Complexity: Care Coordination and Shared Decision Making	Disease Management Managed care Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionChildren with medical complexity (CMC) have multiple chronic conditions and require an array of health care professionals (HCPs) to manage their care. Effective care coordination (CC) is essential to addressing the fragmented and often inefficient care that these children frequently encounter, and building systems that work for their complex health care needs.
Optimizing Care in the Seriously Ill: Using the National Guidelines in Palliative Care	Palliative care and hospice	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General NAB ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionThe National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) is an initiative of the National Coalition of Hospice and Palliative Care (NCHPC) to further define and underscore the value of palliative care and to improve upon the delivery of palliative care in the United States. Palliative care is an organized, highly structured system for the delivery of care.
Caring for Children in Foster Care: Navigating Support Systems	Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionThe goal of the foster care system is to promote the well-being of children and adolescents by providing for their health, safety, stability and permanency. Nearly 75 percent of children are placed in foster or kinship care because of abuse and/or neglect by parents due to substance abuse, addiction, extreme poverty, mental illness, homelessness or transience, domestic violence and criminal activity. These children present with behavioral problems well above their peers.
Caring for Children in Foster Care: Psychotropic Medication Overuse	Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionThe goal of the foster care system is to promote the well-being of children and adolescents by providing for their health, safety, stability and permanency. There has been increasing alarm over psychotropic medication use for children and youth in foster care across the country. Given the rates of psychotropic drug use among children in foster care, there is growing concern that these medications may be taking the role of an easy fix in managing care, and the results can be tragic.
Promoting Hearing Health in Older Adults	Managed care Older Adults	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionHearing deficits are highly prevalent among older adults and are associated with declines in cognitive, physical and mental health. However, hearing loss in the geriatric population often goes untreated and generally receives little clinical emphasis in primary care practice. Major barriers to obtaining effective hearing and rehabilitative care can include awareness, access, treatment options, cost and device effectiveness.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Part II: ACE Screening in Pediatrics	Behavioral health Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionSubstantial exposure to traumatic events impacts an estimated 50% to 75% of the population today. Trauma is linked to adversity, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental illness, interpersonal problems, substance abuse and chronic disease, which in turn drive up health care costs.
Finding Your Joy in Practice Again	Behavioral health Managed care	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionHealth care professionals (HCPs) have a common goal of positively impacting patient care through the safe delivery of high-quality health care. They have a unique opportunity to create an environment wherein they touch the lives of many individuals and truly embrace the theme of ‘it is more than just a job’. They should feel enlivened by the work they do and the impact they have.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Part I: An Introduction	Pediatrics	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General ASWB		$0.00	Activity descriptionSubstantial exposure to traumatic events impacts an estimated 50% to 75% of the population today. Trauma is linked to adversity, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental illness, interpersonal problems, substance abuse and chronic disease, which in turn drive up health care costs.
What Is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Is it Critical in Health Care Today?	Behavioral health	ACPE - Pharmacist ACPE - Pharmacy Technician AMA ANCC APA Attendance CCMC - General		$0.00	ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONSubstantial exposure to traumatic events impacts an estimated 50 to 75 percent of the population today. Trauma is linked to adversity, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental illness, interpersonal problems, substance abuse and chronic disease, which in turn drive up health care costs. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study shows a connection not only between an individual’s physiologic stress response and subsequent neurologic alterations, but also to changes in metabolic and immune function as well as an increased risk of chronic disease.

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