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ForwardPCMH 2025 Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Interventions Sprint - Session #4 - JHF
PCMHs will learn about effective tactics and strategies for training and supporting and reinforcing staff in motivational interviewing and trauma informed care to help enhance the effectiveness of SDOH screenings for patients. The session will also include information on training, onboarding and supervising Community Health Workers, with a spotlight on how one Pennsylvnia PCMH has approached integrating and supporting CHWs as members of the multidisciplinary care team.
Agenda:
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
10:05 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – Panel on Effective Training Strategies for Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, and Community Health Workers – Mia Croyle, MA; Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Elizabeth Schaffer, Executive Director, Eastcentral PA AHEC
11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. – PCMH Spotlight: Integration and Support of CHWs at The Wright Center – Kathleen Doyle, Director of Patient Centered Services and Nicole Sekelsky, CCHW, CCMA, CCBS, Director of Needs Responsive Outreach, Engagement, and Enrollment
11:25 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. – Next Steps & Wrap Up – Lisa Boyd, Program Specialist, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• Describe effective strategies for training staff in Motivational Interviewing
• Describe effective strategies for training staff in Trauma Informed Care
• Discuss how to train, onboard and supervise community health workers as part of the community-based care management team
Additional Information
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 Audience Disclosure slides (001.5).pptx | 459.28 KB |
 Agenda_PCMH Sprint - SDOH - Session 4 - 2025.09.10.docx | 51.06 KB |
 1. PCMH 2025 SDOH Sprint Session 4 - 09.10.2025.pdf | 5.35 MB |
PCMHs will learn about effective tactics and strategies for training and supporting and reinforcing staff in motivational interviewing and trauma informed care to help enhance the effectiveness of SDOH screenings for patients. The session will also include information on training, onboarding and supervising Community Health Workers, with a spotlight on how one Pennsylvnia PCMH has approached integrating and supporting CHWs as members of the multidisciplinary care team.
Agenda:
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
10:05 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – Panel on Effective Training Strategies for Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, and Community Health Workers – Mia Croyle, MA; Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Elizabeth Schaffer, Executive Director, Eastcentral PA AHEC
11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. – PCMH Spotlight: Integration and Support of CHWs at The Wright Center – Kathleen Doyle, Director of Patient Centered Services and Nicole Sekelsky, CCHW, CCMA, CCBS, Director of Needs Responsive Outreach, Engagement, and Enrollment
11:25 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. – Next Steps & Wrap Up – Lisa Boyd, Program Specialist, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Mia Croyle, MA; Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Elizabeth Schaffer, Executive Director, Eastcentral PA AHEC
Kathleen Doyle, Director of Patient Centered Services
Nicole Sekelsky, CCHW, CCMA, CCBS, Director of Needs Responsive Outreach, Engagement, and Enrollment
Lisa Boyd, Program Specialist, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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 1.5 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 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 1.5 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
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
- 1.50 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.
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance