Continuing Education
Supporting Professionals in Continuing Education and Training
Ardent Solutions is proud to be a leader in supporting our professional community by bringing national, state and regional experts to the Southern Tier for full-day, half-day or dinner conferences.
Continuing Education Accreditation
Collaborating with the University at Buffalo, Ardent Solutions offers Continuing Education Units (CEU) for Licensed Social Workers and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit for physicians, mid-levels and pharmacists.
Ardent Solutions Hosts Upcoming Conference for Behavioral Health Professionals
The mission of the Rural Behavioral Health Practice Conference is to make quality continuing education available to behavioral health professionals about the particular practice issues involved in working with rural people and communities.The conference is coordinated by the Minnesota Psychological Association, which will award up to 7.5 continuing education hours as an APA-approved CE sponsor.
THEME -- Critical issues in Rural Practice: Rural practitioners continually adapt their work to the needs of rural people and communities, as well as to new practice models and research. This conference will help you work with rural care’s ethical and practice demands. This program is designed for psychologists, social workers, counselors, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health professionals with an interest in rural practice and is at the intermediate to advanced level.
SITES --This conference will originate at the University of Minnesota-Morris, with presenters webcasting in locally at:
Alfred State College's Lake Lodge, 6107 Terybury Road, Alfred, New York 14803
TIME -- 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
PRESENTERS --
THEME -- Critical issues in Rural Practice: Rural practitioners continually adapt their work to the needs of rural people and communities, as well as to new practice models and research. This conference will help you work with rural care’s ethical and practice demands. This program is designed for psychologists, social workers, counselors, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health professionals with an interest in rural practice and is at the intermediate to advanced level.
SITES --This conference will originate at the University of Minnesota-Morris, with presenters webcasting in locally at:
Alfred State College's Lake Lodge, 6107 Terybury Road, Alfred, New York 14803
TIME -- 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
PRESENTERS --
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The Duty to Protect: Special Considerations for the Rural Practitioner
James L. Werth, Jr., Ph.D., ABPP, Behavioral Health and Wellness Services Director, Stone Mountain Health Services, Pennington Gap, VA. Duty to protect situations are among the most stressful clinical events. These already difficult scenarios are made even more difficult when the professional/trainee is laboring under misunderstandings about her or his ethical and legal obligations and when the clinician/trainee does not know how to respond when a potential duty arises. This presentation is designed to help determine when the duty to protect may arise and how to respond. Although the underlying issues and ethical/legal considerations are the same regardless of whether the practitioner is in an urban, suburban, rural, or frontier area, practicing in a rural/frontier location can have implications for meeting the ethical/legal requirements. Actual examples and practical responses will be provided throughout the presentation. The Rise of Opioid Abuse in Rural Communities and Promising Practices
Jennifer D. Lenardson, MHS, Research Associate, MHS in Health Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD & John A. Gale, MS, Research Associate MS in Health Policy and Management, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Opioid abuse is the fastest growing substance abuse problem in the nation and the primary cause of unintentional drug overdose deaths. Multiple studies document higher non-medical pain reliever use among rural populations, particularly youth, pregnant women, women experiencing partner violence, and persons with co-occurring disorders. Heroin use has also grown in recent years, particularly among those reporting prior use of pain relievers. This workshop will present findings from one project using both quantitative and qualitative methods. With data from the 2008-13 National Survey of Drug Use and Health, we examined the rural-urban prevalence of non-medical use of pain relievers and heroin and user characteristics. We also conducted interviews with state-level key informants in North Carolina, Indiana, Vermont, and Washington to understand the challenges and promising practices in monitoring opioid prescribing and diversion, developing prevention interventions, and developing an opioid prevention and treatment infrastructure in rural communities. |
Managing High Risk Rural Populations with Suicidal Ideation and Controlling Related Malpractice Risk
Julie Rickard, PhD, Director for Provider/Staff Relations and Integrated Behavioral Services at Confluence Health in Wenatchee, WA. Suicide is a preventable cause of death, and training for mental health clinicians in suicide assessment and treatment is proving invaluable. Rural populations are at highest risk for completed suicides and often present to the wrong door for help. This training works to improve clinicians’ ability to manage these very difficult patients and to instill hope. The assessment and treatment of these rural patients is improved through skill building and the art of a skilled interview. Clinicians will gain a sense of mastery over risk stratification to assist with setting up next steps. When things go wrong with management of these patients, it can ruin a career. Part of the focus will be on protecting clinicians from practice errors that lead to legal issues when managing the highest risk rural patient by reviewing malpractice issues. Lastly, statistics will highlight areas of the country and populations at greater risk. Substance Abuse Screening in Rural Adolescent Populations: Overcoming Barriers and Resource Limitations
Chloe Ackerman, PsyD, post-doctoral resident in clinical psychology with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Family Medicine, Scappoose, OR & Joe Skariah, DO, Medical Director of the OHSU Family Medicine Clinic. We will present our process of unfolding substance abuse screening in a rural health center. We will discuss clinician concerns, unique barriers faced by a rural clinic, and provider training on effective and timely office-based interventions. At the conclusion of the presentation, learners will be able to identify workflow challenges and solutions with implementing CRAFFT screening, begin problem-solving issues unique to rural adolescent substance abuse screening, and become familiar with motivational interviewing as a brief office-based intervention for positive screens. |
To register, please visit the Minnesota Psychological Association Rural Conference Registration site.
For further information on upcoming trainings, or to register, please contact Helen Evans at 585-593-5223, ext. 11, or at evansh@ardentnetwork.org.
