Connecting with Patients for Tobacco Free Living - Online is organized by Mayo Clinic. Course opens: 07/20/2015 Course expires: 07/20/2021 Target Audience: ​This program is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals experienced in working with tobacco dependent patients, and who are interested in incorporating more effective treatment into their practice and/ or developing more comprehensive services to meet the needs of highly tobacco dependent patients. Physicians, tobacco treatment specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, chemical dependency counselors, respiratory therapists, nurses, dental hygienists, social workers, and other allied health professionals may find the conference beneficial in working with this challenging population of patients. Available Credit: • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ • 3.50 Attendance Learning Objectives: Upon the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: • Describe up to date research on pharmacotherapy and behavioral counseling for treating tobacco dependence. • Apply current research on tobacco treatment to participant's clinical practice. Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

EQIPP: Bright Futures - Middle Childhood and Adolescence is organized by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and will be held from Apr 10, 2017 - Apr 09, 2021. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits Course Description: This course is designed to help guide physicians on how to interpret and implement the Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision into everyday practice. The content focuses on middle childhood and adolescence. The Bright Futures Guidelines and this EQIPP course are designed to respond ‘to the current and emerging preventive and health promotion needs of infants, children, and adolescents (Green, 1994), with practical suggestions for implementation. In this course, you will collect and analyze data, identify gaps in care, and create improvement plans to address those gaps. The supporting content in the barriers and suggested ideas for change grid provides practical steps to close gaps and improve the care of patients. These key activities contribute to high-quality, ongoing pediatric care that can improve your delivery of care to patients in your practice. Hagan JF, Shaw JS, Duncan PM, eds. Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. 4th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 201 Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, you will: Be familiar with the following: • The current AAP Periodicity Schedule and its recommendations for pediatric preventative care. • The current Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision. • The policies that outline the responsibilities for care coordination between the pediatric medical home, the primary health care team, and other providers. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Guts to be Happy : Microbes for Mental Health Course for Physician is organized by ContinuingEducation.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation and will be held during Dec 07, 2017 - Dec 07, 2020. The target audience for this medical event is intended for an interprofessional audience, including dietitians, health educators, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, and physicians. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Who would have thought that the microbes in our GI tract can affect our mood and mental health. But they do. What we eat determines the make-up of our microbiome, which then sends signals to our brain. Learn how the gut-brain-microbiome connection works, dietary influences on the microbiome, and how what you eat is tied to your mood, and to mental health. Conference Objectives are : The goal of this presentation is to review and bring awareness to the importance of the gut microbiome in mental health. Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to: • Define the gut microbiome and discuss the dietary influence on it • Analyze the clinical evidence of the microbiota’s influence on the CNS • Explain how various health professionals can work together to prevent and treat disorders associated with the gut microbiome Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Role of Spirituality Among Military En Route Care Nurses: Source of Strength or Moral Injury? is organized by American Association of Critical - Care Nurses (AACN) and will be held during Apr 16, 2018 - Apr 01, 2021. Accreditation : The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC's) Commission on Accreditation, ANCC Provider Number 0012 (60 min contact hour). AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California State Board of Nursing, California Provider number CEP01036 for 1.2 contact hours (50 min contact hour). Activity Summary : This article discusses the impact of spirituality on the behavioral health of nurses who provided en route care while deployed. Through surveys and interviews with recently deployed nurses, researchers describe the moral and emotional challenges of providing en route nursing care and how individual spirituality can impact this experience. Objectives : • Define spirituality as it pertains to nurses caring for critically ill and injured patients. • Describe the emotional experience of nurses who are deployed and provide en route care to injured patients. • Identify two strategies by which nurses can affirm and strengthen their own spirituality. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening Tests and Treatment for Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Depression: A Systematic Review is organized by American College of Physicians (ACP) and will be held during Apr 23, 2018 - Nov 14, 2020. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and MOC Points. Course Description: Patients who have had an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event have an increased risk for depression. This systematic review endeavors to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening instruments and to compare safety and effectiveness of depression treatments in adults within 3 months of an ACS event. Depression screening instruments produce diagnostic accuracy metrics that are similar in post-ACS patients and other clinical populations. Depression interventions have an uncertain effect on cardiovascular outcomes, but CBT combined with antidepressant medication produces modest improvement in psychosocial outcomes. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Does Cognitive Training Prevent Cognitive Decline?: A Systematic Review is organized by American College of Physicians (ACP) and will be held during Apr 23, 2018 - Dec 19, 2020. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and MOC Points. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ONSITE Program Books / Handouts Preventing Harassment & Violence in Healthcare Date: October 2019 to October 2020 This activity is provided by SynAptiv and Dist-Learn, LLC d/b/a National Healthcare ED.  Goal/Purpose of Activity The goal of this activity is to reduce sexual harassment, bullying, and violence in the healthcare workplace. Doing this is aimed at improving the working environment for clinicians and patient care. Educational Objectives: After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to: • Identify, prevent, and react to sexual harassment in the medical workplace. • Discuss of the types of workplace bullying, the negative effects on care, and actions that can be taken against such behavior. • Describe the physical and psychological factors surrounding a violent environment in healthcare, prevalent types of workplace violence, and relevant organizations with resources and authority in the area. • Explain where to run, who to fight, and how to hide to save lives in the case of potentially lethal physical violence. Faculty / Content Developers - List faculty with complete titles and affiliations. • Robert W. Casazza. President, Metropolitan Healthcare Security Directors Association (MHSDA). • Joseph Sweeney. Vice President, MHSDA. • Dr. Tom Royer, MD. CEO Emeritus of CHRISTUS Healthcare. CEO and Partner, Royer-Maddox-Herron Advisors. • Gary D Slack, PE. President, Healthcare Engineering Consultants. • H. Jack Rutledge. President, National Healthcare ED. Physician Accreditation Statement 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 providership of SynAptiv. SynAptiv is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. SynAptiv designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Disclosure Statement SynAptiv ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, SynAptiv identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, planners, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. The following faculty, planner and/or content manager reported the following financial relationship with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this CE activity: Name of Individual Reported Financial Relationship Thomas C. Royer                                 CEO/Partner for Royer-Maddow-Heron Advisors All other faculty, planner and/or content managers have nothing to disclose nor do they have any vested interests or affiliations. All conflicts of interest have been resolved. Disclaimer Statement – The content, views and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty/authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SynAptiv. The faculty/authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA in their presentations. Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.

Spirituality and the Grieving Process is organized by ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, LLC and will be held from Jun 01, 2020 - Feb 01, 2023. The target audience for this medical event is Nurses, health care professionals, and interested individuals. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 2.00 Contact Hours. Conference Description: Dealing with loss and grief is one of the great spiritual challenges of life. Individuals experience grief differently, depending on their inner resources, support, and relationships. Grief is subjective and can have psychological, social, and spiritual responses. Although cultural expressions of grief may vary, the deep sense of loss and sorrow is almost universal. This course reviews the grieving process and explores grief reactions, the role of grief counseling and the elements of healing. The outcome of this course is for the learner to describe the grieving process and explore the types of grief reactions, which include acute, chronic, anticipatory, disenfranchised, and dysfunctional grief. The goals of grief counseling and the elements of healing will also be described. Course Objectives: • Describe the grieving process. • Identify types of grief responses. • Describe the spiritual dimensions of grief. • Describe cultural differences in response to grief. • Identify the goals of grief counseling and the elements of healing. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

1st “Psychological and Pastoral Care in the Pandemic” conference is organized by Hedra and will be held from May 08 - 09, 2021. Description: This conference brings together academics, psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors, priests, chaplains and pastors from all global faiths, media analysts and commentators, and healthcare educators and practitioners from a wide variety of fields, for a collaborative, multidisciplinary exploration of the ways in which the pandemic has impacted global ways of working and governance. We welcome papers on spirituality in healing and health, grieving and loss, in the time of the pandemic. We welcome papers from all faiths and traditions. Abstracts are reviewed. Themes and issues for the conference include, but are not limited to: Stream A: Psychological counselling What is mental health, in a time of pandemic? How do we help people deal with distress, trauma, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, addiction, PTSD and suicide, among other problems? What are the immediate, and the longer-term social and individual consequences of the pandemic, social distancing and isolation. How has the pandemic impacted first responders, crisis hotline workers, people who are grieving, vulnerable youth and children at risk, caregivers, medical practitioners and other healthcare workers, and psychological caregivers themselves? How does it map issues and problems of identity and diversity? What will the longer-term consequences of the pandemic be, and how can we prepare to address these mental health issues? Stream B: Pastoral care How can practitioners and communities of faith respond to the mental health issues arising from the pandemic such as addiction, trauma, and family problems including marriage breakdown? How can they provide support for vulnerable youth and children at risk, the elderly, and those who have lost a  loved one? How can they support people through the process of grieving? What have the impacts been on offenders and former offenders? To what degree can personal and social resilience be encouraged, in the aftermath of the pandemic? How should communities care for the carers who have borne significant overwork and emotional strain and may experience compassion fatigue, including pastors, counsellors, teachers, and their staff? Stream C: Representing the pandemic The pandemic has been represented continually in print, tv, film and online media, for months. What have the impacts been, on concepts of care? How has it changed advertising and marketing, concepts of narrative and drama in film and television, how we represent illness and care, and how we create and share conspiracy theories? How have questions of identity been intertwined in this? How has community gone online, how have policy makers enabled and/or constrained the media and how do these changes impact the care given to real people? As pandemic personnel become influencers and social media stars, many governments have limited freedom of expression. In a world of managed press conferences, how has this crisis shaped the construction of characters,  frames, and stories? In the world after the pandemic, what will the impacts be on our expectations for care? Stream D:   Data analytics and the pandemic In order to find out how the pandemic is impacting those providing and those representing care, we are soliciting papers from academics, researchers, psychologists, people working in pastoral care, and media analysts involved with healthcare. These papers ask use structured interviews, and evaluate the data with content analysis software. Conference participants interested in cooperating with this effort will publish papers in a journal special issue with HEDRA advisory board members.

Trauma Education (Day 1-4) with Dr Leah Giarratano Livestream is organized by Talomin Books and will be held from Sep 16 - 24, 2021. Accreditation: Participating in this event earns: • 32 CPD hours • 28 CPD hours for members of the Australian Association of Social Workers (expires 31/12/20) • 28 CPE hours (Level 2) for members of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (expires 8/1/21)  • 20 OPD points for members of the Australian Counselling Association (expires 4/12/20) • 17 PDP hours Educational Activity/Performance Review for members of Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (2020-2022) • 28 CPD hours can be claimed if you are a mental health graduate and/or employed in a mental health role as a practitioner/clinician Description: This interactive four-day livestream program is intended for all mental health professionals in the United Kingdom (UTC +1) and surrounding timezone regions (UTC and UTC +2). The content is applicable to both adult and adolescent populations. It is delivered between 9am and 5pm British Daylight Time. Take note that if you reside in Brisbane, Australia, there is a -9hr time difference (ie., 6pm start in Brisbane). You will need a constant high-speed internet connection of at least 10 Mbps per day. The livestream is delivered over two days, one week apart and you have access to a two-hour trauma case study group livestream to apply the skills taught. You will be required to commit 14 hours of your time to participate in Days 1-2 (7 hours each day) and another 14 hours for Days 3-4, with printed copies of your handouts mailed to you before access is provided. The total time commitment for the four days and case study group is 32 hours of trauma focused professional development. The livestream workshops are as follows: • Treating PTSD with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 1-2) livestream on 16 -17 September 2021 between 9am and 5pm British Daylight Time with online access to program material from 17 September to 17 October 2021 • Treating Complex Trauma with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 3-4) livestream on 23 - 24 September 2021 between 9am and 5pm British Daylight Time with online access to program material from 24 September to 24 October 2021 • Trauma Case Study Group with with Dr Leah Giarratano on 5/11/21 between 9am and 11am British Daylight Time (participation is optional and included in your fee) In order to ensure you receive printed materials on time by mail, registrations are not accepted after 20/8/21. Watch Leah Giarratano present an overview of: Trauma Education: Day 1-4, Treating PTSD: Day 1-2 and Treating Complex Trauma: Day 3-4 To help you consolidate your learning, you will also have one-month access to Leah’s pre-recorded online training package. Please note that this is not simply a recording of a past live event. This is an education package specifically designed and produced to be worked through online, presented throughout by Dr Leah Giarratano, incorporating lectures, real cases, learning quizzes and structured practical exercises to complete in your own time. Further details will be provided upon registration. As part of your registration, you have complimentary have access to a two-hour trauma case study group livestream on 5/11/21 to apply the skills presented in the training to two cases. This case study group is available exclusively for practicing mental health clinicians who register in the two online modes of Trauma Education (Days 1-4). The first hour will be dedicated to a PTSD case and the second hour to a CPTSD case. The trauma case study time commitment will also include two hours preparation per group and a total of four hours of active professional development. For more details about the content of this four-day training, please refer to the descriptions provided for Treating PTSD with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 1-2) and for Treating Complex Trauma with Dr Leah Giarratano (Day 3-4) on Talomin Books About the program author/presenter Leah Giarratano is a doctoral level clinical psychologist with vast clinical and teaching expertise in traumatology, working in this area in since 1995. Leah is the author of seven books covering the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma and in the application of CBT. Note: Registration fee and payment is in Australian Dollars $1,390 Australian Dollars (or approximately £778 GBP)