Day Two: Increasing Diversity of the APP Workforce

Program Information

The Consortium's annual conference addresses APP postgraduate training programmatic topics including accreditation, evaluation, management tools, recruitment, best practices, and workforce development. The conference prepares attendees by addressing solutions to programmatic gaps, sharing expertise, wisdom, and best practices, and promoting the achievement and maintenance of the highest standards of rigor and quality for APP postgraduate training programs.

This live conference meets on Sunday, July 23rd, and Monday, July 24th. This activity is designed only for post-session evaluations, claiming credits, and downloading your certificate. 

Acknowledgement of Support

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers 2023 Annual Conference. The Community Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute 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.

Target Audience

This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:

  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants/Associates
  • Physicians 
  • Postgraduate Training Program Staff
  • Postgraduate Training Program Faculty Preceptors 
  • Postgraduate Training Program Mentors
  • Newly Developed or Soon-to-be Developing Fellowship/Residency Staff

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:

  • Understand the importance of increasing diversity in APRN post graduate fellowships
  • Identify key steps in successful recruitment strategies for APRN post graduate fellowships that focus on improving health equity
  • Develop ideas on how to create a recruitment toolkit to ensure alignment of candidates accepted into APRN fellowship programs
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 0.75 ACE/ASWB
    Through Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 0.75 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 0.75 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 0.75 CDR
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide CDR credits to registered dieticians at its activities.
  • 0.75 Participation Hour(s)
    You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
Activity opens: 
07/03/2023
Activity expires: 
12/31/2023

Schedule

The meeting dates for the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers 2023 Annual Conference were July 23rd, 2023 and July 24th, 2023. The schedule is as follows:

  • Day 1 (Sunday, July 23, 2023)
    • Keynote Presentation: Opening Panel Presentation—Mattering and Why it Matters (1.0 credits)
    • Podium/Panel Presentation: Professional Identity in Postgraduate APP Training Programs (1.0 credits)
    • Session 1:
      • How to Build Your APP Postgraduate Training Program and Design the Curriculum (1.0 credits)
      • Telehealth (1.0 credits)
    • Session 2:
      • Building the Pieces of Orientation for Postgraduate Trainees (1.0 credits)
      • Measuring Outcomes and Data Management Within the Program (1.0 credits)
    • Panel Presentation: Finance, ROI, and Sustainability of Postgraduate Training Programs (1.0 credits)
  • Day 2 (Monday, July 24, 2023)
    • Keynote Presentation: National Healthcare Landscape (1.0 credits)
    • Podium Presentation: Promoting Wellness and Preventing Burnout in Postgraduate APP Training Programs (1.0 credits)
    • Podium/Panel Presentation: Long-Term Impacts of NP/PA Postgraduate Training (1.0 credits) 
    • Session 1:
      • How to Create a Postgraduate Training Program Handbook (1.0 credits)
      • How and When to Expand Your Specialty Tracks (1.0 credits)
    • Session 2:
      • APP Postgraduate Training Program Staffing - Roles and Responsibilities (1.0 credits)
      • Bolstering QI Projects: Boot Camp for Supporting Your Trainees QI Projects (1.0 credits)
    • Podium/Panel Presentation: Increasing Diversity of the APP Workforce (0.75 credits)
    • Podium/Panel Presentation: Accreditation: High-Level Overview of the 2023 Accreditation Standards and Accreditation Process (0.5 credits)

Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.

Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.

Faculty Disclosures

No faculty disclosed a relevant financial relationship for this program.

Speaker(s)

Natalie Raghu, DNP, FNP-C, BC-ADM, APRN- FPA

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kiersten Solis, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. and its Weitzman Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.   

By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).

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Available Credit

  • 0.75 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 0.75 ACE/ASWB
    Through Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 0.75 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 0.75 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 0.75 CDR
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide CDR credits to registered dieticians at its activities.
  • 0.75 Participation Hour(s)
    You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
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Required Hardware/Software

  • This online activity requires use of a device connected to the Internet, such as a computer tablet or mobile device.