Released On: December 1, 2024
Expires On: December 1, 2026
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nursing professionals, physicians, advanced practice clinicians, social workers, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the management of patients with MS.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Discuss the prevalence of disability in adults and the relationship between disability, chronic illness, and behavioral health.
- Review barriers to care among people with disabilities (PWD).
- Describe the legal responsibilities for healthcare clinicians caring for a PWD.
- Implement disability-centered care in the primary care setting.
Faculty
Presenters:
Jillian Diuguid-Gerber, MD
Director of Primary Care, Woodhull Hospital
Claire Abenante, RN
Director, Primary Care and Women’s Health at Independence Care System
Volunteer Disability Advocate, Woodhull Primary Care Clinic
Moderator:
Rachael Stacom, ANP-BC, RN, MSCN
SVP Population Health at Independence Care System
Accreditation and Credit Designation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and Independence Care System. CMSC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The CMSC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: The CMSC designates this activity for 1.0 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credits.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the CMSC 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credits.
Certificate of Attendance for Other Healthcare Professionals
A Certificate of Attendance will be given upon completion of course requirements enabling participants to register their credit with the appropriate licensing boards or associations. Participants may apply for other accreditations using procedures established by specific organizations.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Continuing Education, CMSC requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. CMSC mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational programs. Furthermore, CMSC seeks to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CMSC is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements in health care and not those of a commercial interest.
Disclosures
The program faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Jillian Diuguid-Gerber, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Claire Abenante, RN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Rachael Stacom, MS, ANP-BC, RN, MSCN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Staff Disclosures
The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, or other members at CMSC who are in a position to control content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP, continuing education director CMSC, has served as a planner and reviewer for this activity. She has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, or other members at Independence Care System and NYC Health + Hospitals, who are in a position to control content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Method of Participation / How to Receive Credit
- Review the continuing education information, including learning objectives and author disclosures.
- Take the pre-test.
- View the video.
- Complete the post-test and the evaluation.
To access the tests, video and evaluation online, go to https://www.highmarksce.com/mscare
Click here for detailed instructions.
Statements of Credit are awarded upon successful completion of the evaluation. There is no fee to participate in this activity.
Release Date: December 1, 2024
Expiration Date: December 1, 2026
Disclaimer
This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Learners are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this accredited activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent clinical judgment of a health care professional relative to diagnostic, treatment, or management options for a specific patient’s medical condition. The opinions expressed in the content are solely those of the individual faculty members and do not reflect those of CMSC or any ineligible company that provided support for this activity.
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Contact Information
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