Smita Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epi &Biostat)
Smita Pakhale is a pulmonologist (respirologist) and a senior-scientist at The Ottawa Hospital, leading The Bridge Engagement Centre (The Bridge), a research centre conducting community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) projects under the auspices of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Her primary research focus and collaborations includes research on health inequities, lung diseases, tobacco and cannabis dependence, and Sickle Cell Disease, both locally and globally. She is also the Founder and Principal Investigator of the Canadian Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Registry in collaboration with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada and CanHeam. The Bridge projects employ intersectoral approaches supported by interdisciplinary collaboration of health care practitioners, allied health professionals, community practitioners, community peer researchers (People with lived/living experience of marginalization and poverty), and academics. The aim of the centre is to co-develop and co-implement sustainable solutions to persistent health inequities with marginalized populations and the health system alike, as realized through the Bridge ModelTM, an innovative comprehensive compassionate community-based health care model.
Johnathon Brizard is a proud half-Inuk/half-Oji-Cree man. Johnathon participated in the COVID Impact Study at The Bridge Engagement Centre 2 years ago and was impressed with their work. He inquired about job openings and started as their Community Peer Researcher. He now fulfills the role of Clinical Research Assistant. These roles required the incumbent to have lived experience. At 14, Johnathon lost the biggest part of his life - his mother. This resulted in alcohol and drug addictions that accompanied him off and on for the next 20 years. Holding on too much of the pain from losing his mother, he self-reflected, and attended treatment. In 2021, he got clean from his addictions. The Bridge helped him to see his worth. Peers and staff were incredibly supportive and understanding, and he felt that they truly cared about him. He now feels that when his peers look at him, they see his life experiences as an asset, not a setback. He is grateful that he found The Bridge, or maybe The Bridge found him.
Adar Shire is a passionate advocate for social justice and harm reduction. She is a peer researcher with the Bridge Engagement Centre, where she actively supports the development and implementation of research projects. Formally a graduate of Algonquin College with a diploma in Community Justice Services, Adar is currently pursuing a degree in Social Work at Carleton University. She is a person who identifies as a woman with lived experience, bringing a unique perspective to discussions around community support. As a mother and harm reductionist, Adar is dedicated to promoting compassionate, evidence-based approaches to substance use and advocating for the rights and dignity of marginalized individuals.
- Identify key components of The Bridge Model as an approach to providing equitable and accessible community-based healthcare
- Describe the individual, organizational and system-level benefits of The Bridge Model
- Assess the feasibility of implementing The Bridge Model within your community/healthcare context
One hour of FREE credit can be earned, for participants who join the LIVE session, on December 3, 2024. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.
ACCME Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.
Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.
California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 CreditTM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.
California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.
APA: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Up to 1.0 CE Credit may be claimed.
ASWB: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, UCSF Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credit.
Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (IPCE): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Disclosures
This UCSF CME activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.
All speakers, planning committee members and reviewers have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Catherine Bonniot, Johnathon Brizard, Christine Cheng, Brian Clark, Jennifer Matekuare, Smita Pakhale, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epi &Biostat), Ma Krisanta Pamatmat, MPH, CHES, Jessica Safier, MA, Jason Satterfield, PhD, Adar Shire, and Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS.
Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs? SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.