Advances and Challenges of Sickle Cell Care
Thursday, April 25, 2024
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Room 0.12.01
505 S 45th Street, Omaha, NE 68105
This course is designed for clinicians and others to enhance health care professionals' understanding of sickle cell disease by examining patient experiences, current treatments, genetic advancements, and innovative care delivery models. Through this course, clinicians will be better equipped to provide empathetic, informed, and optimized care to individuals living with sickle cell disease.
Target Audience
This accredited continuing education activity is designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, case workers, pain management, counselors, residents, and fellows in the specialty areas of adult oncology and hematology, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the participants should be better able to:
- Develop a more defined perspective of the patient experience with sickle cell including the care process and social dynamics.
- Summarize the current care models and apply strategies of care tailored to patients.
- Evaluate emerging models of treatment including gene modification.
- Examine health system dynamics and access to care models that integrate care and advance patient-centered care.
Agenda
| 4:30 p.m. | Registration / Snacks |
| 5:15 p.m. | Welcome Alex Nester, MD (UNMC) and James Harper, MD (UNMC) |
| 5:30 p.m. | Patient Experience Yvette Miller, MD, ABIHM (American Red Cross) and Shanda Ross, MSN, BSN (Nebraska Medicine) |
| 6:15 p.m. | Treatment and Advances Alex Nester, MD (UNMC) and James Harper, MD (UNMC) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Integrated Care Yvette Miller, MD, ABIHM (American Red Cross) and Shanda Ross, MSN, BSN (Nebraska Medicine) |
| 7:30 p.m. | Q&A |
Continuing Education Credit
In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center 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.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Registration Information
Registration Fee
There is no fee to participate in this course however registration is required.
The deadline to register is April 24, 2024.
If you need assistance with online registration, please call our Registration Office at 402-559-5929.
Cancel Policy
If you are registered for this course and now can't attend, please send an email to conted@unmc.edu so your registration may be canceled.
Course Director
Stephen Peters, MA
Instructor, Department of Health Services Research & Administration (HSRA), UNMC College of Public Health
Sponsors
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Nebraska Medicine
- Black Men United (Omaha 501c3)
Questions?
Director, Educational Programs, UNMC Center for Continuing Education
