Continuing Education

  • Lunch Series

    Date: Second Thursday of every month from 12:00pm – 1:00pm

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Credit:
    The West Virginia University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The WVU Office of CME designates this live 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.

    This continuing education activity has been provided by the West Virginia University School of Nursing for 1.2 contact hours. The West Virginia University School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, Legislative Rule § 19CSR11-4 under provider number 50-26086

    This continuing education activity has been approved for 1 hour of Social Work continuing education through Provider Number 490038(WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry.)

    This training is approved by the State of West Virginia Board of Examiners of Psychologists for 1 continuing education hour.

    Description:
    ADHD is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders in children. The prevalence of ADHD in West Virginia is much higher than the national average. There has been shown to be a shortage of mental health professionals in the state and an overall need for clinician education on evidence-informed evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD.

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    Upcoming Series Within a Series! 

    Improving Therapeutic Outcomes with Appalachian Patients and their Families: The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle, presented by Robyn Seamon, MA, BSN, RN, CTN-B. 

    Join us for our upcoming series within a series which will consist of four separate 1-hour lunch and learn sessions. This series will educate participants on the importance of understanding and appropriating culturally relevant care for Appalachian children and families in West Virginia. Providers will learn how to build trust with their clients/patients, and how to improve outcomes in treatment for ADHD as well as other behavioral, mental health, and other health related issues.

    • Session 1 – Inside Appalachia: Strategies to Improve Patient-Provider Communication and Health Outcomes
      • This session will discuss how negative stereotypes and implicit bias have contributed to medical mistrust in Appalachia and the affect it has had on health outcomes for generations.
      • November 14th – Lunch Seminar Flyer

     

    • Session 2 – Distrust in Appalachia: The View Through a Historical Lens
      • Appalachia has a long history of exploitation by outsiders resulting in generational and historical trauma that greatly affects interactions between providers and patients and may have profound effects on healthcare outcomes.
      • December 12th – Lunch Series Flyer

     

    • Session 3 – Using Culturally Meaningful Care to Improve Outcomes
      • This session provides a deep dive into Appalachian cultural values, beliefs, traditions, and lifeways with the focus on equipping providers in providing culturally sensitive and relevant care which will help improve outcomes.
      • January 9th – Lunch Series Flyer

     

     

     

    Free Virtual Continuing Education Session!

    Join us for a 1-hour free virtual continuing education session on one of the topics from our WV ACC Guidelines. We will be offering both an afternoon and evening session to accommodate provider’s active schedules! 

    Topic: Evaluation and Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Do the Symptoms Fit?  

    Presenters: 

    12:00pm Session – Jonah Moore, PharmD – Academic Detailer

    10.15. 24 – 12pm Virtual Flyer

    6:00pm Session: – Ryan Archer, PharmD – Academic Detailer

    10.15.24 – 6pm Virtual Flyer

Videos of previous sessions can be found New Videos

A special thanks to those involved in the planning of our continuing education programs:

  • David Didden, M.D.
  • Alesha Heil, Pharm.D., MBA
  • Kelly Melvin, M.D., M.ED.
  • Jonathan Perle, Ph.D., ABPP
  • Pamela Rodriguez DNP, APRN, FNP-C
  • Lauren Swager, M.D., NCTTP
  • Chedella Ware
  • Angie Wowzcuk, Pharm.D., BCPS, AAHIVE

General disclaimer:
This content is not intended to address all possible diagnosis methods, treatments, follow up, drugs or their related contraindications or side effects. Standards of practice change as new data becomes available. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that practitioners independently assess and verify diagnosis, treatments and drugs for each individual patient. The authors of the WV ACC guidelines assume no liability for any aspect of treatment administered by a practitioner with the aid of this publication.

Drug disclaimer:
The authors do not endorse or recommend the use of any particular drug mentioned in this publication. Before prescribing a new drug to a patient, practitioners are advised to check the product information accompanying each drug to ensure it is appropriate for a specific patient and to identify appropriate dosage, contraindications, side effects and drug-to-drug interactions.

Standard of care disclaimer:
This publication is not intended to establish a standard of care applicable to practitioners who treated patients diagnosed with ADHD. “Standard of care” is a legal term, not a medical term, which refers to the degree of care a reasonable practitioner would exercise under the same or similar circumstances. The standard of care is a continuum and does not imply optimal care. Practitioner discretion and clinical judgment are paramount and this publication is only intended to aid practitioners’ judgment, not to serve as a substitute for said judgment.