Friday, September 23, 2022
8:00 to 8:30 AM – Sign on to Zoom
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM – Virtual Program
(Zoom link will be sent out to registrants on September 22, 2022)
Introduction
This event is free for students, interns, residents, patients, and family members. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be available on Zoom during the conference.
This conference is about the importance of forging community, and academic partnerships to respond to the health service needs of our most vulnerable citizens. This program is intended to help participants to improve their competence in recognizing the resources and supports that exist in our community to serve people with complicated health and mental health conditions and experience inequities in access to treatment. These barriers may be related to mental illness, thought disorder, developmental and intellectual disabilities, linguistic barriers, physical disabilities, racial, religious, cultural or gender related differences. During the conference we encourage participants to reflect on the need for interdisciplinary and community collaboration and the relevant systems of care that exist in the everyday lives of the patients and families that we serve.
Program Overall Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to:
Describe aspects of community engagement framework model that have promoted health care for vulnerable populations
Recognize the relevance and necessity of linguistic access to all people in the health care setting
Summarize how a system perspective of care helps to identify strengths jeopardized by the multi-generational impact of serious mental illness and developmental disabilities on the family unit
Identify how virtual platforms have been utilized to build a network of assessment and support opportunities where interdisciplinary care are of paramount importance
Who Should Attend:
Mental Health Consumers; Mental Health Providers; Medical Physicians; Advanced Practice Providers; Nurses, Nursing students, Case Managers, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Medical Students, Dental professionals; community advocates, hospital and health care leaders, clinical educators
Conference Agenda – September 23, 2022
8:00 to 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Background
Kimberly K. Mathos, DO, MPH
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Health care
Abdesalam Soudi, PhD
10:00 to 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Keynote Building Capacity and Inclusivity in Vulnerable Populations
with Asset Mapping and Human Centered Design - A Workshop
Mylynda Massart, MD, PhD
11:45 a.m.to 12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Interpreter-Mediated Medical Interviewing: Challenges and
Opportunities
Discussion led by Abdesalam Soudi, PhD
Panel: Michael McKee, MD, MPH; Miya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS;
Joyce Rowan, BA, CHITM
1:30 to 1:40 p.m. Break
1:40 to 2:40 p.m. Beyond the Office walls: Connecting with Families in Need
Discussion led by John Lovelace, MS, MSIS
Panel: Sloan Davidson, MPPM; Christine Michaels, MSHSA; Nancy
Murray, MS
2:40 to 2:50 p.m. Break
2:50 to 4:20 p.m. Bridging Communication Challenges and Promoting Health
Literacy
Discussion led by Miya Asato, MD
Panel: Kelly Beck, PhD, LPC, CRC; Peter Bulova, MD; Katharine Hill,
PhD, CCC-SLP; Lu Randall, MRC
4:20 to 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks
4:30 p.m. Adjournment
Registration Information
Please register by noon on September 22, 2022 at:
Fee Schedule
*Physicians and Professionals (not affiliated as noted below) $40
*UPMC, Pitt, WPH, WBH Network, VA, State (PA), Community Mental Health Professionals $30
-Students/Interns/Residents (No continuing education/no continuing medical education credits) No fee
-Patients/Family Members (No continuing education/no continuing medical education credits) No fee
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