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Diversity in Primary Care & Ethnopsychiatry for Special Treatment Populations I via NMSU
Saturday, June 10, 2023, 9:00 AM to Sunday, June 11, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
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Diversity in Primary Care & Ethnopsychiatry for Special Treatment Populations | via NMSU
(13.5 Hours)
ONLINE

The Iowa Psychological Association is pleased to partner with New Mexico State University's Clinical Psychopharmacology Post- Doctoral Masters Degree Program to offer Continuing Education (CE) training to IPA members.

Topic:
Diversity in Primary Care & Ethnopsychiatry for Special Treatment Populations

Credit Hours: 13.5 CEUs (Provided by NMSU, Sponsored by APA) NMSU is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NMSU maintains responsibility for the program and its content

Location: Online

Date/Time
June 10 - 11, 2023
9:00am - 6:00pm CST

Instructors:
Sam Aloian, PhD, MSCP, PA, John Gonzalez, PhD

Cost
$300: IPA Member
$200: IPA Lifetime Member
$200: IPA ECP Member
$130: IPA Retired Member
$0: IPA Student Member
$450: Non-Member

About This Workshop

This class will present constructs of ethnopsychiatry such as slow and fast metabolizers, chronic stress, and effects of diet on genetic expression. The practice of combined medicine African American treatment populations will be covered. There will also be a focus on literacy and equality in integrated primary care in the Borderlands. Special considerations when employing psychotropics with transgender individuals will also be explored. Then, these concepts will be integrated into a psychobiosocial understanding of specific groups of diversity


Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:
  1. Discuss two developmental stages of African American individuals.
  2. Label are two medical and two mental health concerns during these stages of development.
  3. Elaborate on at least three psychobiosocial factors that drive health outcomes in African Americans.
  4. Discuss at least three aspects of how racism and oppression lead to chronic/toxic stress among African Americans.
  5. Conceptualize at least two ways to advocate for social change as prescribing psychologist.
  6. Name three pressing issues today that you might advocate for African American treatment populations.
  7. Evaluate clinical symptoms, environmental context, social cues, and nonverbal cues, to formulate a differential diagnosis and treatment plan for an African American adult male or female presenting with psychological symptoms.
  8. Summarize at least four reasons why African Americans may not trust medical and behavioral health providers.
  9. Discuss the sequelae of neurological development of children exposed to substances prenatally.
  10. Recite three common medical conditions in the African American community.
  11. Be able assess and diagnose at least three mental health conditions often found in African Americans treatment populations.
  12. Recognize one of the most common misdiagnosis with this treatment population.
  13. Evaluate three facets of cultural competence that affect relationships with this treatment population.
  14. Name three strategies to improve communication with healthcare team.
  15. Describe at least two differences between the culture of medicine and behavioral health training.
  16. Identify three potential barriers to healthcare in the border region.
  17. Describe at least two strategies to improve communication and health literacy with patients and community.
  18. Identify three strategies to improve communication with healthcare team.
  19. Describe at least two differences between the culture of medicine and behavioral health training.
  20. Identify three potential barriers to healthcare in the border region.
  21. Describe at least two strategies to improve communication and health literacy with patients and community.
  22. List at least two proposed interventions to help mitigate psychosocial risk factors for transgender youth.
  23. Identify at least two resources regarding interactions between psychopharmacotherapy and gender-affirming therapy.
  24. Recognize two specific issues facing transgender individuals of color.
  25. Understand at least three barriers to access to healthcare for LGBT+ individuals

Click here to register


Course Materials and Continuing Education

NMSU will email registrants course materials, and a link to join the live training two business days before the training.

Upon completion of the training, NMSU will email registrants the training evaluation. Upon completion of the training evaluation, the NMSU will email the registrant the CE certificate.


Refund and Cancellation Policy

We understand, sometimes things come up!

IPA will offer a full refund to registrants who cancel their registration 7 days prior to an event/course. If a registrant would like to cancel their registration within 7 days of the event, no refund will be offered.


Contact: Suzanne Hull, [email protected]