Course Description
As a result of tirelessly addressing the needs and demands of the pandemic healthcare providers experienced unprecedented amounts of fatigue, burnout and vicarious trauma. This didactic lecture will cover the impact of vicarious trauma on the HIV provider and provide best practices to address provider burnout. All healthcare professionals are encouraged to attend this lecture.
Needs Assessment
Pharmacists often experience situations that result in them experiencing vicarious trauma, specifically when working with patients with HIV. This training brings awareness to these experiences and advises on strategies that help mitigate burnout experienced as a result of vicarious trauma.
Statement of goal
The goal of this training is to provide pharmacists and other health professionals who provide care to persons with HIV the information they need to mitigate burnout and vicarious trauma. This will be accomplished by understanding the levels of burnout and how it is experienced by HIV Service Providers; Understanding the impacts of compassion fatigue; strategies to reduce these factors along with vicarious trauma so they may recenter themselves in the work by returning to their inner strength, resilience, wisdom and equanimity.
Objectives
- Describe levels of burn out and how burn-out is experienced by HIV Service Providers.
- Explain the impact of compassion fatigue.
- Outline strategies to reduce fatigue and vicarious trauma.
Agenda
Welcome and MAAETC Overview
Introduction of Speaker
Lecture
Q&A
Acknowledgements and Wrap-Up
Speaker
Kevin Waldorf-Cruz, LICSW, LCSW-C
Interim Director of Behavioral Health Practice
Whitman-Walker Health
Accreditation CPE
Activity Type: Knowledge FEE: N/A
Target Audience: Pharmacists
UAN# 0010-9999-24-048-L02-P
Link to register and claim CE credit (RPh):
https://hurxce.learningexpressce.com/index.cfm?fa=view&eventID=26657
Must Register in Learning Express Portal before September 17, 2024, to apply for CPE
Howard University College of Pharmacy, (COP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program meets ACPE criteria for a total of 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) for Pharmacists. Credit will be awarded through the CPE Monitor, within 3–4 weeks of the seminar to those who successfully complete the program by registering for this event, attending the webinar, obtaining a score ≥70% on the POST-TEST and completing the evaluation. The UAN for this program is 0010-9999-24-048-L02-P.
The Deadline to claim CE for this program is November 5, 2024.
