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ForwardReducing Risk, Building Trust: Harm Reduction Approaches in COE Settings
Reducing Risk, Building Trust: Harm Reduction Approaches in COE Settings” focuses on practical ways to integrate harm reduction into clinical care. Participants will learn how to apply safer use counseling, risk mitigation, and nonjudgmental communication in everyday encounters. The session also covers strategies to reduce stigma within care teams and promote equitable, respectful care. Attendees will explore how to assess workflows and care settings to incorporate harm reduction services, including screening, counseling, and connections to community resources.
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• Apply harm reduction principles in clinical encounters, including safer use counseling, risk mitigation, and nonjudgmental communication strategies. • Develop strategies to reduce stigma within clinical teams and improve the delivery of equitable, respectful care. • Assess clinical workflows and care environments to identify opportunities for incorporating harm reduction services (e.g., screening, counseling, linkage to community resources).
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and 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 a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 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 1.0 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 clinical 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. The certificate of attendance will designate that this activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Available Credit
- 1.00 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.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance