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Forward2026 Fall Trauma Symposium
Our annual fall trauma symposium is held to provide continuing trauma education for our healthcare professionals (primarily nursing staff). The symposium will have both a morning and afternoon session, each session will have 4, one-hour lectures/speakers. Both sessions will have the same lectures/topics.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Physical, Social and Occupational therapies, EMS
Learning Objectives
All the conclusion of the symposium, participants should be able to:
- Explain how the mechanisms of injury effects injury patterns.
- List the steps of a pediatric trauma assessment and the interventions in caring for kids and record these assessment findings.
- Understand the principals involved with a water rescue.
Additional Information
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Course summary
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 ASWB
- 4.00 Attendance
Our annual fall trauma symposium is held to provide continuing trauma education for our healthcare professionals (primarily nursing staff). The symposium will have both a morning and afternoon session, each session will have 4, one-hour lectures/speakers. Both sessions will have the same lectures/topics.
Dr. Sohail
Mel Murray DNP, RN, CPEN, CPN
Dr. Difazio
Michaela Benson
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 4.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 ASWB
- 4.00 Attendance
Please register by October 7, 2026. Any questions regarding registration, please contact Amy Stayer - [email protected]