COE: The Columbia Protocol

May 31, 2023

The healthcare team will learn more about the Columbia Suicide Screening method and how it can be utilized in the COE setting and how it can be used to identify patients and improve triage and safety for all.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, and training objectives. 
  2. Suicide prevalence
  3. Disparities in rates of suicide
    1. Age disparities
    2. Racial disparities
  4. Universal need for suicide screening
    1. Workplace wellness
    2. The cost of not screening
    3. Role of Physicians
  5. Normalizing suicide screening
  6. The role of the media
  7. Treatment of depression and other mental health issues
  8. Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
    1. Development
    2. Overview
    3. Effectiveness
    4. Demonstration
    5. Routine use
  9. Barriers
    1. Stigma
    2. Fear
    3. Liability
      1. The role of screening to reduce liability
  10. Partnership of medicine and public health
    1. Policy implications
    2. Standards of care
    3. Prioritizing prevention
  11. Questions and Discussion

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

• Describe how preventative suicide screening models can be used to identify at-risk individuals and establish care plans that reduce suicide while allocating resources effectively.

• Utilize a systemic best-practice measurement, the C-SSRS, to identify suicidal ideation and behavior to improve risk identification and safety monitoring.

• Demonstrate how the C-SSRS enables more streamlined triage, provides liability protection, and facilitates care delivery to those at highest risk.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/31/2023
Course expires: 
08/31/2023
Event starts: 
05/31/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/31/2023 - 1:30pm EDT
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The healthcare team will learn more about the Columbia Suicide Screening method and how it can be utilized in the COE setting and how it can be used to identify patients and improve triage and safety for all.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, and training objectives. 
  2. Suicide prevalence
  3. Disparities in rates of suicide
    1. Age disparities
    2. Racial disparities
  4. Universal need for suicide screening
    1. Workplace wellness
    2. The cost of not screening
    3. Role of Physicians
  5. Normalizing suicide screening
  6. The role of the media
  7. Treatment of depression and other mental health issues
  8. Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
    1. Development
    2. Overview
    3. Effectiveness
    4. Demonstration
    5. Routine use
  9. Barriers
    1. Stigma
    2. Fear
    3. Liability
      1. The role of screening to reduce liability
  10. Partnership of medicine and public health
    1. Policy implications
    2. Standards of care
    3. Prioritizing prevention
  11. Questions and Discussion
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Dr. Kelly Posner

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

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

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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