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Continuing Education Credits and Learning Objectives

Accreditation Statements

Physicians -

Earn up to 11 hours of continuing medical education.

Providence Portland Medical Center is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association (OMA) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

As an organization accredited for continuing medical education, Providence Portland Medical Center certifies that this continuing medical education offering meets the criteria for 5.5 hour (s) for both days in Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

Each physician should claim only those hours of credit he/she actually spends in this activity.

Continuing Educational Units - This program has been pre-approved for 16 hours
of continuing educational units accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies for: Certified Case Managers; Certified Disability Management Specialists, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, health care management; rehabilitation case management; CRC, CCRC, CRC-MAC, CRC-CS or CRC-MAC-CS .  There will be 1 hour in ethics on the Friday program.

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Participant Learning Objectives

At the completion of the conference, participants will be able to:

  • Implement strategies designed to significantly reduce brain injury-related mortality and morbidity in all communities.
  • Summarize recent brain injury-related research with corresponding practical application.
  • Identify clinical management practices, specifically new prevention, diagnosis, and treatment guidelines.
  • Describe public health interventions to reduce the impact of brain injury among different types of racial and ethnic populations and settings (e.g., school, workplace, community).
  • Understand health care delivery trends and their impact on long-term brain injury management, acute care, and prevention.
  • Analyze past brain injury-related interventions and weigh their value in today's world.
  • Implement health communication strategies and know how to more effectively reach target populations and raise awareness.
  • Summarize brain injury data, including mortality, morbidity, and risk factor prevalence.
  • Create networking opportunities and build partnerships with key brain injury researchers, clinicians, and prevention professionals.
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