Practitioner Education

Online Continuing Education Events:

• Cultural Competency CME/CEU. To train physicians to care for diverse populations, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health has commissioned Cultural Competency Curriculum Modules. These modules are part of A Family Physician's Practice Guide in Culturally Competent Care, a self-directed, online training course for family physicians. The website, offering up to 9 continuing medical education and 10.8 continuing education credits, contains a variety of self-assessments, case studies, video vignettes, learning points, pre- and post tests. There is also a DVD. Courses and DVD are free.
• Depression: Common Questions in Assessment & Treatment. Presenters: Andrew Pomerantz, MD, and Brady Cole, MA, LADC. Pomerantz is Chief of Mental Health and Behavioral Science at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction. Cole works with Dr. Pomerantz at the VA Medical Center as Co-Director of Primary Mental Health Care. Read more on integrating mental health services within the primary care setting. Click here.
• The Impact of Psychological Trauma. Presenter: Margaret Joyal, M.A., Consultant and Trainer.
• Motivational Interviewing. Presenter: Geoffrey P. Kane, MD, MPH of Retreat Healthcare. Dr. Kane gives practical guidance on how to successfully implement a brief intervention for youth and adults who demonstrate at-risk behavior. Click here to see Dr. Kane's additional material and bibliography.

Non-Credit Online Presentations:

• NEW!  Culturally Competent Care in Mental Health:
  This 25 minute narrated video slide show teaches about approaches to providing culturally competent care to immigrant and refugee patients. The presentation is based on a talk by psychiatrist Dr. Lorin Boynton, given at a Psychiatry Chief Resident Conference at Harborview Medical Center.
  
  From ethnoMED.org, Harborview Medical Center's ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. EthnoMed is a joint program of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Harborview Medical Center's Interpreter Services Department/Community House Calls Program (ISD/CHC). 

• Novel Dietary Treatment for Childhood Obesity: a presentation by David Ludwig, MD, PhD, April 2007. (to view presentation, you will need either Real Player or Windows Media Player. Dial-up users may have difficulty viewing presentation, click here to order a copy on CD or DVD)

• Medical Response To Domestic Violence: a presentation by David N. Little MD, March 2004.
• The 4Ds - Drugs, Delirium, Depression and Dementia: a presentation by Susan Wehry, MD, May 2003.
• VCHIP Conference: presentations by Paula Duncan MD, Lou DiNicola MD, Geoffrey Kane MD, Barbara Frankowski MD, MPH and Valerie Rooney MD, May 2004.

Resource Materials:

• A Toolkit for Promoting Healthier Weight in Adult Primary Care (pdf)
  This toolkit was designed for primary care practitioners, with extensive input from the primary care community, to support the promotion of healthier weight with patients. The toolkit includes recommendations for the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adult patients in primary care.

           Also available: Adult Body Mass Index (BMI) Chart (2 pages)(pdf)

• Domestic Violence Safety Card from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
  (PDF file).
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS): Taken from the British Journal of Psychiatry, June, 1987, Vol. 150 by J.L. Cox, J.M. Holden, R. Sagovsky, (Microsoft Word file).
• Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism Readiness
• Health Care Response to Intimate Partner Violence Guide from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (PDF file).
• Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers manual from Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center (CVAHEC) (PDF file).

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For additional resources related to mental health, please visit the following sites:

• Vermont Campaign for Healthcare Security Education Fund
• National Mental Health Association
• Spanish FAQ section of NMHA
• Vermont Association for Mental Health
• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill