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ForwardLet's Talk About It: Hope and Healing After Pregnancy Loss
Many parents feel pain and grief after the loss of a pregnancy. Many parents and clinical teams do not know how to navigate this loss in a sensitive manor.
We hope that medical professionals will get a chance to learn the impact that the grief from pregnancy loss has on parents. We hope to give them tools and resources to navigate these types of situations.
Professionals and community members are welcome to join us during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month for a free, virtual, lunchtime grand rounds presentation. CEUs available for nurses and social workers. Learn about the prevalence of pregnancy loss, the experience of grief and trauma, how to best support a client, patient, friend or family member experiencing a loss, and professional and community resources available. Help us end the silence and best support those who have experienced a pregnancy loss by joining us at this special event!
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
-Define types of pregnancy loss -Define risk factors for pregnancy loss
-List types of medical intervention following a loss -Discuss the stigma surrounding pregnancy loss
-Learn current statistics on pregnancy loss -Conceptualize pregnancy loss in terms of both grief and trauma
-Identify ways to help a client or patient who is experiencing a pregnancy loss
-Learn about evidence based practices that professional support clients or patients following a loss
-Be able to list community referral sources to help those who have experienced a loss
Additional Information
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Many parents feel pain and grief after the loss of a pregnancy. Many parents and clinical teams do not know how to navigate this loss in a sensitive manor.
We hope that medical professionals will get a chance to learn the impact that the grief from pregnancy loss has on parents. We hope to give them tools and resources to navigate these types of situations.
Professionals and community members are welcome to join us during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month for a free, virtual, lunchtime grand rounds presentation. CEUs available for nurses and social workers. Learn about the prevalence of pregnancy loss, the experience of grief and trauma, how to best support a client, patient, friend or family member experiencing a loss, and professional and community resources available. Help us end the silence and best support those who have experienced a pregnancy loss by joining us at this special event!
Erika G. Schmitt, MSW, LSW, Director of Adoption and Permanency Services
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.
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 1.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 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 1.0 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Other Health Care 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
- 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