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Pathway to Med School Admissions Forum 2024

RECORDED DATE: June 12, 2024

Thinking about a career in medicine? Learn what it takes to get into medical school.

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View this Interactive forum to get important information needed to pursue a challenging career in medicine. Benefit from the Q & A session led by top decision makers from Georgia’s medical schools admissions’ officers.Thinking about a career in medicine? Learn what it takes to get into medical school.

Southwest Georgia Community Paramedicine Program (SOWEGA-CPP): Lessons Learned & Community Impact 2023

RECORDED DATE: July 25, 2023

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Speakers:

Representatives from Southwest Georgia AHEC, Clinch Memorial Hospital, Coffee Regional Medical Center, Colquitt Regional Medical Center, Irwin County Hospital & Southwell

Target Audience:

Administrators, Community Paramedicine Providers, Emergency Room Staff, Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Public Health Providers, Healthcare Professional Students & Community Health Related Organization Representatives

Objectives:

• Provide a brief overview of the Southwest Georgia Community Paramedicine Network & Training Program grant funded by HRSA’s Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program.
• List lessons learned during the development and initial implementation phases of Rural Hospital-Based Community Paramedicine in Southwest Georgia.
• Describe Southwest Georgia Community Paramedicine Program regional community impacts in grant year one.
• Detail anticipated future rural community opportunities and impacts with Community Paramedicine.

Continuing Education:

Nurses: The Georgia Board of Nursing deems Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) as an approved provider for nursing continuing education (CE). This activity is approved for 1.5 contact hours towards the continuing education competency requirement for Georgia nursing licensure renewal. No partial credit offered. Activity #2023-05.

Submission of registration information, attendance and successful completion of evaluation required for nursing continuing education certificates.

Planners/speakers disclosed no potential conflicts of interest. No commercial support was provided for this activity.

Preceptor Bites: Preceptor Best Practices

RECORDED DATE: March 9, 2023

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Speaker:
Samuel Le Church, MD, MPH

• Associate Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine
• Core Faculty, Rural Medicine Rotation Coordinator, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education, Family Medicine Residency
• Clinical Assistant Professor, MCG/UGA Medical Partnership Campus, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Department of Family Medicine
• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, College of Public Health
• Affiliate Faculty, Indiana State University, Physician Assistant Program
• Physician, Synergy Health Primary Care

Target Audience:
Community-Based Faculty, MD/DO, PA, APRN

Objectives:

• Implement strategies used to engage student learning during clinical rotations or teaching
• Distinguish adopted best practices and efficient teaching methods for preceptors

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 joint providership of the Medical Educational Council of Pensacola (MECOP) and Mercer University School of Medicine. MECOP accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit:
The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: The Georgia Board of Nursing deems Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) as an approved provider for nursing continuing education (CE). This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour towards the continuing education competency requirement for Georgia nursing licensure renewal. No partial credit offered. Activity #2023-02A.

EMS: This course has received Georgia Office of EMS and Trauma approval for continuing education credit.
GA-2023-PROV-05445 GA-2023-INST-DUAL-074

The Realities of Sexual Exploitation 101

RECORDED DATE: October 6, 2022

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SPEAKER:
Rachel Monroe
Founder, Executive Director
Heritage of Hope

OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Identify the victims of sexual exploitation
• Identify the vulnerabilities that exist that enable traffickers to manipulate victims
• Access resources to connect survivors to National Human Trafficking Hotline and Heritage of Hope

CONTINUING EDUCATION:
The Georgia Board of Nursing deems Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) as an approved provider for continuing education (CE). This CE activity awards 1.0 hour towards the continuing education competency requirement for Georgia Nursing Licensure renewal. No partial credit offered.
Activity #2022-07A.

Mitigating Bias

RECORDED DATE: July 20, 2022

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SPEAKER:
Walter D. Conwell, MD MBA
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Development
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Public Health Providers, Healthcare Professional Students, and Community Health Related Organization Representatives

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe some of own biases
• Acknowledge the impact of unchecked biases in society
• Recognize the importance of mitigating bias in individual decision-making and within systems
• Describe potential ways to identify and mitigate common biases at the individual and systemic level

Applied Motivational Interviewing: Putting It All Together

SPEAKER:
Megan Benoit Ratcliff, PhD, MPH
Motivation Interviewing Trainer & Consultant

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Public Health Providers, Healthcare Professional Students, and Community Health Related Organization Representatives

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify how different clinical tools can be used to help a patient move towards change
• Develop a plan for how to integrate MI into clinical practice
• Identify how core MI principles, processes, and skills using case studies

Foundations of Motivational Interviewing: Building Blocks for Change

RECORDED DATE: January 25, 2022

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SPEAKER:
Megan Benoit Ratcliff, PhD, MPH
Motivation Interviewing Trainer & Consultant

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Public Health Providers, Healthcare Professional Students, and Community Health Related Organization Representatives

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify the foundations of MI including Principles, Spirit and Process
• Explain the core skills of MI including open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections,and summarizing

Pandemic Lessons Learned Southwest Georgia Webinar #3

RECORDED DATE: April 2, 2021

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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPEAKERS:
Doug Patten, MD, Associate Dean, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia
Teresa Teasley, DNP, RN, Associate Dean, Georgia Southwestern State University
LaKisha Bryant Bruce, Director of Community Relations, Dougherty County School System
Julie Miller, Coordinator, Phoebe Putney Memoiral Hospital Emergency Preparedness
Christopher Cohilas, Chairman, Dougherty County Commissioner

OBJECTIVES:

• Discuss lessons learned during COVID-19 pandemic related to educational institutions, community health & emergency management
• Describe the internal interdisciplinary teamwork and external collaborations necessary to provide community resources & services in a pandemic
• Detail how facing and recovering from a pandemic has changed communication and institutional workflow processes

Pandemic Lessons Learned in Southwest Georgia Webinar #1

RECORDED DATE: March 31, 2021

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ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH SYSTEMS & EMERGENCY ROOMS SPEAKERS:
Scott Steiner, President, CEO, Phoebe Health System
James Black, MD, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Robin Rau, CEO, Miller County Hospital
Alex Le, VP, COO, Southwell

OBJECTIVES:

• Discuss lessons learned during COVID-19 pandemic related to administration, health systems, & emergency rooms
• Describe the internal interdisciplinary teamwork and external collaborations necessary to provide patient care in a pandemic
• Detail how facing and recovering from a pandemic has changed communication and institutional workflow processes

Population Health Series: Introduction to Population Health

RECORDED DATE:  December 16, 2020

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CME/CE:  Nursing CE & GA OEMST

OBJECTIVES:

• Define the term “population health”
• Describe drivers within the US health care delivery system toward value-based models of care
• Identify sources of data to define population health needs

Population Health Series: The Voice of the Patient

RECORDED DATE:  December 16, 2020

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CME/CE:  Nursing CE & OEMST

OBJECTIVES:

• Define patient engagement
• Identify perspectives on patient-centered care
• Describe effective strategies for patient centered care and the role of healthcare delivery redesign to advance patient centered care