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Forward“Disability Awareness: Promoting Advocacy and Competency in Behavioral and Physical Healthcare”
This conference is about learning the value of community and academic partnerships to forge learning and collaborative care opportunities that benefit our most vulnerable patients. Participants will learn ways that professionals can foster moving research and best practice ideas to their clinical work. We will review the importance of learning about community resources, relevant advocates, and accommodations that are needed to meet the needs of people with mental health, physical, and sensory differences.
We are pleased to offer this educational activity with the support of UPMC, the community, and the university.
Target Audience
Students, advocates, mental health and physical health providers, payors, case managers, and stakeholders who are passionate about the care of people with disabilities.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to:
- Recognize ways to translate research to practical applications, thus, improving healthcare outcomes.
- Review system changes led by consumer and provider advocacy.
- Discuss the role of present and future technology in accessibility and its opportunity to advance consultation and direct service provision.
- Utilize future models of community/academic collaboration to promote disability awareness and education.
Additional Information
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Conference Agenda – October 6, 2023
8:15 to 8:30 a.m. Sign in to Zoom
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Background
Kimberly K. Mathos, DO, MPH
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Keynote
Training Disability Competent Healthcare Professional
Susan M. Havercamp, PhD
10:00 to 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Panel
System Change and Electronic Medical Record Notations
Moderator: Ashli Molinero, D.Sc.
Matt Berwick, MA, MS, Dave Bubbas, PHR, SHRM-CP
11:45 a.m.to 12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Panel
Clinical Educators and Researchers as Advocates
Moderator: Amy J. Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH
Thomas Pineo, DO, CPE, DFPHM, SFHM, Nev Jones, MA, MA, PhD
1:45 to 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 to 2:40 p.m. Benefits & Opportunities of Telehealth for Patients with Disabilities
Carla Dehmer, MHA
2:40 to 2:50 p.m. Break
2:50 to 3:50 p.m. Advocacy
Tom Welschonce, Kristen Ornato, Rebecca Shafer Aglietti
3:50 to 4:30 p.m. Become a Change Maker with Your Community
Betty Y. Liu, MD, Rebecca Ann Kronk, PhD, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, CNE, ANEF, Kimberly Mathos, DO, MPH
Closing remarks
Kimberly Mathos, DO, MPH
4:30 p.m. Adjournment
All presentations are introductory to intermediate instructional levels.
For additional information regarding the speakers and/or presentations, contact Nancy Mundy at mundnl@upmc.edu.
Kimberly Mathos, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Comprehensive Recovery Services
Services for Treatment of Early Psychosis (STEP Clinic)
UPP Psychiatric Services for People who are Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing
Pittsburgh, PA
Planning Committee (* indicates speaker)
Rebecca Kronk PhD MSN CRNP FAAN CNE ANEF*
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Duquesne University School of Nursing
Betty Y. Liu, MD*
Associate Professor
Course Director, Disability Medicine Clerkship
Course Director, Area of Concentration Disability Medicine
Co-Director, Medical Student Education
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pittsburgh, PA
Ashli Molinero, D.Sc.*
Director, Disabilities Resource Center
UPMC Health System
Corporate Risk Management
Susan Rudisin, MEd, CRC, LPC
Supervisor, Comprehensive Recovery Services
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Ronnie Edwards MSW, LSW (she/her/hers)
Aging Educator
UPMC Senior Services
Keynote Speaker
The Ohio State University Nisonger Center
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Research, Education, and Service
Speakers
Matt Berwick, MA, MS
Senior Program Manager
Disability Accommodations for Clinical Services
UPMC Disabilities Resource Center
Dave Bubas, PHR, SHRM-CP
Senior Director
Center for Engagement and Inclusion
UPMC
Carla Dehmer, MHA
Senior Director of Telemedicine & Digital Solutions
UPMC
Amy J. Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Chief
Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Program Director
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
University of Pittsburgh
Nev Jones, MA, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Pittsburgh
Rebecca Ann Kronk, PhD, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, CNE, ANEF
Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Duquesne University School of Nursing
Kristen B. Ornato, Esq., LSW
Senior Staff Attorney - Expansion Team
KidsVoice
Thomas Pineo, DO, CPE, DFPHM, SFHM
Medical Director
UPMC Community Osteopathic
Rebecca Shafer Aglietti
Senior Child Advocacy Specialist
Independent Living Project Coordinator
Human Services Training Coordinator
KidsVoice
Tom Welshonce
Supervisory Attorney
KidsVoice
Continuing Education Credit Information
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.
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 6.25 continuing education credits.
Counselors
Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5059. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This conference is approved for 6.25 hours.
(Pending) Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification:
Conference has been approved for 6.25 hours in CE by CRCC
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 6.0 continuing education credits.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Nurses and other health care professionals are awarded .625 Continuing Education Units (CEU's). One CEU is equal to 10 contact hours. Nurses: For attending this program you will receive a Certificate of Attendance confirming .625 hours of continuing education. These hours may be considered eligible for completing the 30 hours of continuing education required for biannual nursing re-licensure in Pennsylvania. Peer Specialists: This program fulfills requirements for Certified Peer Specialist continuing education.
- Please retain your certificates in a safe place. Replacements cost $30 for those that come from our office (Gen. CEU; NCC).
- Participants requesting continuing education credits must attend the entire day. Variable credits are not provided. Your attendance is recorded on the Zoom attendance list.
- Although the evaluation is not mandatory, we appreciate your participation. Please expect the certificates from our office in four to six weeks post-conference. Those obtained from the registration site can be accessed immediately after the event.
Available Credit
- 6.25 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.
- 6.25 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.25 APA
- 6.00 ASWB
- 6.25 Attendance