"CHAMPIONS" CLINICAL HOMICIDE & AGGRESSION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT & NONTRADITIONAL SETTINGS

November 15, 2024

INTRODUCTION 

At the most basic level, this program is intended to help you improve your competence and confidence in recognizing and managing violence risk across a variety of clinical settings. Just as most agencies expend considerable resources to develop staff skills around suicide risk management, this training is intended to provide similar tools for violence risk management. Initially built to the needs of crisis work, the training has been adapted for use in other clinical settings.

Target Audience

Health providers in mental health, addictions, primary care and emergency medicine who are interested in effectively recognizing and managing people at risk of violence. The content is also extremely relevant for risk management, legal, and security or law enforcement professionals with an interest in preventing violence.

Learning Objectives

OVERALL GOALS OF THE “CHAMPIONS” TRAINING PROGRAM

  • Impart a practical, memorable, and usable framework for recognizing and managing violence risk in clinical settings.
  • Create training that engages and uses multiple learning styles for adult / professional learners.
  • Provide a training experience that is interactive, timely, engaging and enjoyable.
  • Use recovery and risk-mindful values in the training.
  • Deliver content that is in full alignment with clinical best practices and institutional standards.
  • Prepare clinicians for direct work and decision-making while emphasizing and supporting clear pathways for consultation.
  • Support clinicians with the personal impact of working with people who may be violent or may be perceived as violent.
  • Provide training and resources that are accessible to new hires and useful to seasoned professionals alike.

FORMAL LEARNING GOALS

At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:

  1. Explain the sources and impact of the myth of the “dangerously mentally ill.”
  2. Apply the risk factors of history and hostility in the clinical assessment of violence risk.
  3. Develop a safety plan targeting dynamic risk factors for violence.
  4. Explore reasons consumers may have for owning firearms and effectively discuss safer storage strategies with them.
  5. Explain the impact of stress on clinical performance and identify basic strategies for improved self-care.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 6.50 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.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 APA
  • 6.50 ASWB
  • 6.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/22/2024
Course expires: 
05/22/2025
Event starts: 
11/15/2024 - 2:00am EST
Event ends: 
11/15/2024 - 12:00pm EST
Cost:
$1.00
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7:30 a.m.                                       Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:00 to 9:15 a.m.                        Introduction – Dr. Rozel

  • Debunking the Myth of the Dangerously Mentally Ill
  • Mental Illness in Criminal Justice and Corrections
  • Victimization of People with Mental Illness

 

9:15 to 9:30 a.m.                        Break

 

9:30 to 11:00 a.m.                      Conceptualizing Risk and Violence – Dr. Rozel

  • Managing Violence Risk
  • Documenting Formulation

 

11:00 to 11:15 a.m.                    Break

 

11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.          Gun Access and Safety Issues – Dr. Rozel

 

12:00-1:00 p.m.                          Lunch (provided)

 

1:00 to 2:00 p.m.                        Violence History – Dr. Rozel

  • Hostility, Threats and the MSE

 

2:00 to 2:15 p.m.                        Break

 

2:15 to 3:15 p.m.                        Other Risk Factors – Dr. Rozel

  • Duties to Third Parties

 

3:15 to 3:30 p.m.                        Break

 

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.                        Consultation and Institutional Policies – Dr. Rozel

  • Situational Awareness for Clinicians, Security, Self-Care and Mutual Support

 

4:30 p.m.                                        Adjournment

Safe Harbor
Erie, PA 16505
United States

Course Director

John “Jack” Rozel, MD, MSL

Medical Director, resolve Crisis Services, UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Co-director, UPMC Systemwide Threat Assessment & Response Team
Professor of Psychiatry and Law, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Committee Members

Mandy Fauble, PhD, LCSW

Lisa May, PhD

Lynne Heath, CRNP

Continuing Education Credit Information
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.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 6.5 contact hours.
 

Psychologists

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer psychology continuing education by the American Psychological Association.  University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Psychologists completing this course receive 6.5 continuing education credits.

Licensed/Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: LSW/LCSW/LPC/LMFT

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 6.5 continuing education credits.

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

  • 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 6.50 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.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 APA
  • 6.50 ASWB
  • 6.50 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$1.00
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