UPMC-Pitt Psychology Consortium Conference 2025

Pittsburgh, PA US
June 6, 2025

Learning Objectives

SESSION OBJECTIVES:

Shaping the Future of Health Care Diane Holder, MS
1. Be able to apply an understanding of US health care outcomes and the way care delivery systems and leadership values and structures have impact.
2. Be able to apply an understanding of interdisciplinary team- based care in population health management and value-based reimbursement.

Demystifying ADHD from Adolescence Through Adulthood Challenges and Considerations in Presentation, Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, Comorbidity, & Treatment Traci M. Kennedy, PhD
1. Identify at least 2 features of ADHD symptom presentation in adulthood that are unique from childhood.
2. Describe the components of an evidence-based assessment process for ADHD in adolescence and adulthood.
3. Explain at least two evidence-based treatments for ADHD in adolescence and/or adulthood.

Psychology in Academic Medicine Danielle Carns, PhD Alyssa Ford, PhD Jennifer Beckjord, PsyD Susan Jarquin, PhD
1. Participants will learn and apply models of clinical care for integrating psychologists into medical practice.
2. Participants will learn and apply leadership tools for working with physician colleagues as a psychologist.
3. Participants will learn and apply collaboration skills for a successful career in academic medicine.

Patient and Family Member Reactions to Learning Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Test Results Jennifer H. Lingler, PhD CRNP, FAAN
1. Explain the challenges associated with effectively communicating AD biomarker test results.
2. Discuss the psychological and behavioral impact of learning one's, or one’s family member’s,.

Navigating the Changing National Landscape: Implications for Clinical and Academic Psychologists Terrence Lewis, JD
1. Understand PsyPACT-the ins and outs of leveraging this modern approach to multi-jurisdictional provider licensure and apply for this type of licensure if desired.
2. Apply the best Practices for Expanding Access to Tele-Psychology Care for patients while meeting the standard of clinical care.
3. Find a Balance of with the Professional Practice of Tele-Psychology and Maintaining a Healthy Life.
4. Updates regarding the changing national landscape and the implications for clinical and research psychologists and how to best prepare for changes.

Well-being of Psychologists Natalie Sherry, PsyD, ABPP-CN
1. Attendees will learn and be able to apply about what fosters well-being in healthcare.
2. Attendees receive the results of the UPMC Well-being survey.
3. Attendees will be able to develop strategies for improving well-being.

Sisyphus Takes a Holiday: Can We Transcend the Momentum Against Health? Ellen Beckjord, PhD
1. Understand how contextual factors work against efforts to achieve or maintain health and well-being and how to apply this to their clinical work or research.
2. Describe how different levels of intervention can be used to support achievement and maintenance of health and well-being despite challenges posed by contextual factors and apply this to the participants' ongoing clinical work or research.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 APA
  • 6.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/28/2025
Course expires: 
07/06/2025
Event starts: 
06/06/2025 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
06/06/2025 - 4:30pm EDT
Herberman Conference Center
5230 Centre Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
United States

Faculty Disclosure:

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated

Diane Holder has grant/research support with Evolent.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 
 

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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.

 

Psychologist (APA)
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

This activity is approved for 6.0 APA credits.

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. 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Full attendance is required in order to receive APA credit. Variable credit for partial attendance may not be awarded for APA credit.

Available Credit

  • 6.00 APA
  • 6.00 Attendance
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Registration is required. There is no fee to register.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Steel at 412-692-2041 and/or [email protected].