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REGISTER * for A LIVE WEBCAST eligible for free CMEs, no cost to register
presented by AETC-NMC at Howard University, College of Medicine
Patient-Provider Communication and the Impact on Medical Outcomes for Patients with HIV
Time: Thursday, April 19th 2012 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Presenter: E. Blaine Parrish, PhD
School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University

Learning Objectives:
• Describe the history of the patient-provider relationship in the United States
• Define health communication as it relates to the patient-provider interaction
• State measures and better understand knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among health care providers toward patients with HIV
• Identify barriers to successful patient-provider communication and understand their impact on decision- making
• State the importance of linguistically appropriate and culturally competent care for patients living with HIV and those at-risk for HIV
• Identify interventions for health care providers to better communicate with HIV patients

Continuing Education Credits:

PHYSICIANS: This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.0 Prescribed credits by the
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

NURSES: ANCC accepts credits awarded by the Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Please refer to http://www.nursecredentialing.org/RenewalApplicationForm.aspx (page 6) for more information on nursing credits.

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College of Medicine
Narrative Summary Workshop
April 26, 2012
B- 5 Auditorium Seeley G. Mudd Building
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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College of Medicine
Unit Coordinators Workshop
April 26, 2012
B-5 Auditorium Seeley G. Mudd Building
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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Train the Trainer Patient Note Workshop
May 17, 2012
Room 211, Seeley G. Mudd Building 2nd Floor
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Difficult Conversations in Healthcare: Pedagogy and Practice

1-day course offered Saturday, May 5, 2012 or Saturday, June 9, 2012
Children's Hospital Boston * Waltham, MA USA -- 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming faculty development course designed for physicians, medical education leaders, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals interested and/or involved in teaching communication skills, professionalism, relationship-centered care, patient-practitioner relationships and related topics.

The course offers the opportunity to learn about an innovative, collaborative relational learning model, known as the Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills (PERCS).

Participants will also experience and learn about additional educational strategies including:
o The use of narratives
o Videotape and discussion
o Interactive didactic presentation
o Appreciative inquiry
o Small group team-based learning
o Large group discussion
o Facilitated reflections

Difficult Conversations in Healthcare provides teaching and learning strategies for the communication skills and professionalism competencies required by regulatory organizations including the ACGME, Joint Commission, and LCME and specialty and licensing boards.

The course is also offered as a pre-course for The Harvard Macy Institute's Program for Educators in Health Professions and the Program for Leading Innovations in Healthcare & Education.

Physician CME Credits: 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Social Worker CE Credits: 6.5 social work credit hours
Nurse CE Credits: 6.4 nursing contact hours
Psychologist CE Credits: 6 continuing education credits

Course Director: Elizabeth A. Rider, MSW, MD

Course Faculty: David Browning, MSW, BCD, FT, Meg Comeau, MHA, Elaine Meyer, PhD, RN, Elizabeth Rider, MSW, MD, Robert Truog, MD, and Pamela Varrin, PhD
To see the course brochure: http://cme.med.harvard.edu/cmeups/pdf/03224497.pdf

For more information and to register:
May course: https://cme.med.harvard.edu/registration1.asp?SECTION=REGISTRATIONS&ID=03224266#register
June -course: https://cme.med.harvard.edu/registration1.asp?SECTION=REGISTRATIONS&ID=03224497#register

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Office of Faculty Development
Supported in part by Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program
College of Medicine Howard University
FACULTY RETREAT

School of Divinity - The East Campus of Howard University
1400 Shepherd Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

** FEATURING **

Mark S. Johnson, MD, MPH
Dean College of Medicine
Howard University

Joan Y. Reede, M.D., MPH, MS, MMA

Harvard Medical School Management Researcher/Consultant
Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Boston, MA

Ivor L. Livingston, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine Professor and

Chair, Medical Sociologist/Social Epidemiologist & Stress
Howard University