CME webinar: Building Trust: Person-Centered Strategies for Effective Decision Making and Preventive Care

Dec. 2024Pharmacy Updates

Please join us for a live, CME-accredited webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 18, from noon to 1 p.m. that will review person-centered strategies for effective decision making and preventive care.

At the end of this learning session, you will be able to:

  • Describe skills and strategies to support building patient trust.
  • Identify how person-centered strategies and care can support patients making difficult health care decisions.
  • Apply case study examples of person-centered skills while supporting members in making informed decisions.

Presenters:

  • Maria Guyette, MD, MPPM, MSHCT, FACEP, Emergency Physician, UPMC Shadyside; Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Senior Medical Director, UPMC Health Plan Community HealthChoices
  • Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC, Manager, Clinical Training & Quality Assurance, UPMC Health Plan

Register now. This webinar will be recorded.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team. The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Provider is responsible for verifying CME eligibility.


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