TEXAS SOCIETY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY CME MEETING

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CHILD PSYCHIATRY AT THE CROSSROADS: FOCUS ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2021

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Six (6) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, with 2 of the Hours designated for Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility

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Scientific Program Schedule

Presented in Central Time Zone

8:45 am – 8:55 am
Log onto Virtual Webinar (Zoom) to be admitted to the CME Program, starts promptly at 9:00 am.

9:00 am – 9:30 am
Opening Remarks and Welcome

9:30 am – 10:35 am

ETHICS: Implicit Bias – Pierre W. Banks, EdD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon con- clusion of the activity participants should be able to:

• Define implicit bias and related concepts
• Explain implicit bias an how it impacts the medical profession.
• Discuss strategies for evaluating and confronting personal implicit bias.

10:35 am – 11:40 am

Racism: Making the Case for PTSD – Lisa Falls, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:

• Describe ways that racism qualifies as a trauma that can lead to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Identify behaviors in child and teen victims of racism that meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Incorporate a method of routine screening for micro/macroaggressions in marginalized patient populations

11:40 am – 11:55 pm Break

11:55 pm – 1:00 pm

Special Clinical Considerations in Treating Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) with Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Residential  Treatment Center Settings – Steven R. Pliszka, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:

• Discuss pharmacological treatments of different target symptoms
• Identify differences in dosing and medication choices for persons with IDD
• Identify specific clinical challenges in residential treatment center settings.

1:00pm – 2:05 pm

ETHICS: Seclusion and Restraint in Correctional Setting – Joseph V. Penn, MD, CCHP, FAPA

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:

• Identify the clinical, legal and ethical issues related to Seclusion and Restraint.

2:05 pm – 2:20 pm
Break

2:05 pm – 3:25 pm

Changes and Challenges in the Foster Care System: Implications for Treatment

Mohsin Khan, MD and Kimberly E. Stone, MD, MPH, FAAP

Objective: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity

participants should be able to:

• Update on legislative issues that impact children in foster care
• Describe the mult-disciplinary approach
• Identify challenges in working with the population

3:25 pm – 4:30 pm

Border Crisis: Barriers and Barometers of Care – Claudia G. Mercado, MD

Objective: The learning objective for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:

• Identify cultural impact on care
• Update on policy change
• Describe longitudinal effects for patients and providers

3:25 pm – 3:50 pm

Closing Remarks

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) through the joint providership of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians is accredited by TMA to provide continuing education for physicians.

CREDIT STATEMENT

The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians designates this Virtual Live Activity for a maximum of six (6) AMA PRA Category I CreditsTM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ETHICS DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The Ethics Presentation: “Racism, Making the Case for PTSD” and “Seclusion and Restraint in Correctional Setting” have been designated by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for a total of two (2) credits of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

TARGET AUDIENCE/PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

This virtual activity has been designed with didactic lectures supplemented with panel discussion; clinical vignettes; audiovisual presen- tations and question and answer discussion in multiple educational sessions.

The program is designed to provide its’ target audience of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Adult Psychiatrists, Pediatricians and Primary Care Physicians with clinically relevant information to advance the physicians’ competence and provide them with effective use of targeted skills so that they may develop strategies to apply the knowledge, skills and judgement of the information presented in the educational activity into their practice.

IDENTIFIED PRACTICE GAPS / NEEDS ASSESSMENT

TSCAP has incorporated into this CME activity the relevant educational needs concerning competence that underlie the professional practice gaps of the participants. Gaps addressed will include recognizing our own implicit biases and how they may affect the care provided to our patients; Identifying ways in which racism (systemic and overt) contribute to or cause PTSD symptoms in youth; Improving competence and knowledge of working with youth from marginalized communities, including youth with intellectual disabilities, youth in the foster care system, youth in the juvenile justice system, and immigrant youth at the border and in detention centers, and understanding systemic and health policy changes needed to better serve the mental health needs of the youth.

FACULTY AND PLANNERS DISCLOSURE POLICY

In compliance with the ACCME/TMA Standards for Commercial Support of CME, to assure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its CME activities, prior to the education activity being delivered to the learners, the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve per- sonal conflicts of interest from everyone who was in a position to control the content of the education activity. TSPP will disclose to learners the existence (or non-existence) of all relevant financial relationship(s) that the faculty and planners did (or did not) have with any commercial interest concerned with the content of the educational presentation. Disclosure will occur at the beginning of the Virtual CME Activity through verbal and written slide display.

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Speakers

Pierre W. Banks, EdD
Senior Director of Admissions and Recruitment
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
School of Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Lisa Falls, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Mohsin Khan, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Reese Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence
Dallas, Texas

Claudia G. Mercado, MD
Family Medicine Specialist
Border Clinic PLLC
Laredo, Texas

Joseph V. Penn, MD, CCHP, FAPA
Director, Mental Health Services
UTMB Correctional Managed Care
Clinical Professor, UTMB Department of Psychiatry
Galveston, Texas

Steven R. Pliszka, MD
Dielmann Distringuished Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behaviorl Sciences
Joe R and Theresa Long Lozano School of Medicine UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Kimberly E. Stone, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Rees-Jones Foster Care Center for Excellence
Children’s Health System
Dallas, Texas

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TSCAP July 24, 2021 Annual CME Virtual Program Registration Application:

TSCAP July 2021 Program PDF Fillable