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ForwardIntroduction to Animal-Assisted Interventions
Staff within the Clinical Care Coordination and Discharge Planning department may be unfamiliar with what Animal-Assisted Interventions are and how they can complement patient care.
Staff will benefit from training on what the differences are between types of service, therapy, and emotional support animals and understanding what an AAI in the hospital setting entails so they can better support their patients and build better rapport.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Discharge Coordinators
Learning Objectives
- Describe what Animal-Assisted Interventions (AA) are
- Distinguish between therapeutic vs working K9s
- Describe what populations/settings AAI serves
- Identify how Animal-Assisted interventions fit in the hospital setting
- Identify considerations before an AAI visit
- Explain how to coordinate an AAI visit
Additional Information
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Staff within the Clinical Care Coordination and Discharge Planning department may be unfamiliar with what Animal-Assisted Interventions are and how they can complement patient care.
Staff will benefit from training on what the differences are between types of service, therapy, and emotional support animals and understanding what an AAI in the hospital setting entails so they can better support their patients and build better rapport.
Alicia Palashoff MSW, C-AAI, C-AACR, C-CBT.
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.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
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
- 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