COVID, Flu, & RSV: Shared Decision-Making Skills for Supporting Members in Vaccine Decisions

Pittsburgh, PA US
November 2, 2023

The purpose of this educational activity is to equip participants with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively support members in making well-informed decisions when considering seasonal vaccinations.

Target Audience

ISD Clinical Staff

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain why supporting members in vaccination decisions is essential to health plan organization-wide goals 
  2. Identify 2023-2024 seasonal vaccines
  3. Describe how Shared Decision Making can support members in making decisions about vaccination
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC 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
Course opens: 
10/12/2023
Course expires: 
12/01/2023
Event starts: 
11/02/2023 - 8:30am EDT
Event ends: 
11/02/2023 - 9:30am EDT
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Program begins at 8:30  ☒am  ☐pm and ends at 9:30  ☒am  ☐pm.  Total Education Time = 1 Hour(s)

TIME

CONTENT

PRESENTER

8:30 to 8:50am

Overview of the importance of supporting members in vaccination decisions and why this is essential to health plan organization-wide goals

Maria Koenig Guyette, MD

Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC

8:50 to 9:10am

Outline the identified 2023-2024 seasonal vaccination guidelines

Maria Koenig Guyette, MD

Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC

9:10am to 9:30am

Review the concept of Shared Decision Making  and how it can support members in making informed decisions when considering vaccination

Maria Koenig Guyette, MD

Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC

UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
US Steel Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States
Maria Koenig Guyette, MD
Senior Medical Director for CHC Southwest at UPMC Health Plan

Dr. Maria Guyette is the Senior Medical Director for CHC Southwest at UPMC Health Plan. She is an Emergency Physician at Shadyside Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, teaching advocacy, policy and health systems to medical students and residents.

 

Renee Greenwald, MS, NBC-HWC
Manager of Clinical Training & Quality Assurance at UPMC Health

Renee Greenwald is the Manager of Clinical Training & Quality Assurance at UPMC Health Plan where she is responsible for supporting the Health Coach Academy team with developing the Motivational Interviewing skillset of UPMC Health Plan clinicians through various training and Quality Assurance Review. She has a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Slippery Rock University and a Master of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, specializing in wellness and fitness and wellness coaching from Penn West California.  Renee is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with about 5 years of experience in health coaching. 

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.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 contact hour(s).

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1 CE credit(s).

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 continuing education credit(s).

***CCM and Pharmacy CE are not available for this educational offering.

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.

NOTE:  Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC 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
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