The symposium is designed to promote the exchange of ideas on health
care disparities and its impact on organ and tissue donation.
National and local experts highlight ways to engage physicians, health
professionals and community leaders to become champions in saving
lives. Presenters examine the roles and responsibility of
professional and public education to encourage strategies to increase
the number organs available for transplantation and promote healthier
communities.OBJECTIVES
By the end of the activity, participants should be able to:
* Utilize knowledge of how culture and faith impacts attitudes
towards organ donation to improve living and deceased donor
registration.
* Utilize new strategies to discuss organ donation in a culturally
sensitive manner.
* Utilize cultural knowledge to identify opportunities to connect
organ donation messages with diverse communities.
ACCREDITATIONS
CME Accreditation: 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 joint providership of the University of Michigan Medical School
and Gift of Life Michigan. The University of Michigan Medical School
is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for
physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this
live activity for a maximum of _5.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S)™._
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent
of their participation in the activity.
University of MI Health System Professional Development & Education is
an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
(OH-423, 3/1/2019)
5.5 NURSING CONTACT HOURS WILL BE PROVIDED.
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains has approved this
program for 7.0 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS.
“The provider of this educational event has designed the program so
that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing
education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral
competency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy
Certification Inc.® an affiliate of the Association of Professional
Chaplains™.”
_THIS COURSE IS APPROVED BY THE MICHIGAN SOCIAL WORK CONTINUING
EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE. COURSE APPROVAL #:_031617-00 (7 CE HOURS)
The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has assigned
six (6) Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification
(CEPTCs) for this symposium.
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