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Oral Health Ohio Symposium (November 8, 2024)
Symposium Information
The Oral Health Ohio Symposium is a one-day, state-wide convening of stakeholders, individuals, and partners from across diverse professions to learn and work together toward improving equity and oral health integration across health care systems.
Oral health is a critical component of overall health and well-being yet remains a neglected part of whole-person health. This year's symposium activities were based on the following learner gaps:
- Disintegration of oral health within the broader healthcare system: Oral health is often siloed, leading to suboptimal patient care and health outcomes.
- Limited understanding of oral health policies and their impact: Healthcare providers and stakeholders lack awareness of policies influencing oral health care delivery and opportunities for advocacy.
- Insufficient integration of oral health into community health worker roles: CHWs, key to reaching underserved populations, often overlook oral health in their work.
- Lack of organizational health literacy: Healthcare organizations struggle to effectively communicate oral health information to patients and facilitate navigation of the healthcare system.
Target Audience
This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:
- Oral health providers
- Social workers
- Primary care providers
- Nurses
- Community health workers/promotoras
- Policy makers
- Payers
- Community-based organizations
- Philanthropy
- Healthcare advocates
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:
- Identify Ohio’s oral health strengths, challenges, and policy opportunities
- Describe how community health workers (CHW) can engage in oral health promotion
- Define organizational health literacy and describe opportunities to improve health literacy within your organization
AMA Designation Statement
Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. designates this Live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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.
Presenters and planners who participate in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.
Dr. Karen Ashley is the Director of Education for the Weitzman Institute. She oversees all educational programming accredited by the Moses/Weitzman Health System.
Presenters and Planners
- Marla Morse, MSW, MPA, Executive Director, Oral Health Ohio
- Sonja Lauren, Author, The Covered Smile (keynote speaker)
- Barbara Carnahan, RDH, MS, State Oral Health Program Administrator, Ohio Department of Health
- Julie DiRossi King, President & CEO, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
- Patrick Beatty, Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Medicaid
- Paul Casamassimo, DDS, MS, Chief Policy Officer of the Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University and an attending dentist at Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Representative Anita Somani, MD, Public Health Policy Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
- Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C, Ohio Oral Health Champion, 100 Million Mouths Campaign
- Tanikka Price, Chief Education & Equity Officer, Health Impact Ohio
- Shanice Southern, DA, CHW, Patient Support Specialist, PrimaryOne Health
- Kerri Shaw, MSW, LISW-S, Associate Professor of Instruction, Community Health Worker Program, Ohio University
- Elizabeth McClure, RDH, CDHC, MEd, Professor Emeritus of Dental Hygiene, University of Cincinnati Dental Hygiene Technology Program
- Jessica Lee, DDS, MPH, PhD, Chair, Pediatric and Public Health, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Disclosures
- Elizabeth McClure indicated a relevant financial relationship with Proctor Gamble Company within the last 24 months: Research support and creation of continuing education courses. All disclosures of potential relevant financial relationships have been reviewed and mitigated through Moses/Weitzman Health System’s accreditation review process.
- No other relevant financial relationships were disclosed by the rest of the presenters and planners.
Moses/Weitzman Health System Representative
Karen Ashley, EdD
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Oral Health Ohio and Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc./Weitzman Institute. Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc. 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).
Please note that continuing education credit requirements differ by state, jurisdiction, and licensing agency. It is your responsibility to confirm if your licensing/credentialing agency will accept the credits offered by this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.50 ACE/ASWBThrough 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.
- 4.50 ADA CERPThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.
- 4.50 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).
- 4.50 ANCCThrough 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.
- 4.50 APAThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
- 4.50 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.
Registration Instructions
- Create an account with the Weitzman Education Platform if you haven't already. Reference How do I create an account? if needed.
- Select the Register button to register for all conference sessions, regardless of the session(s) you reviewed.
- Select the session(s) you reviewed. Within each session, select the Continue tab to complete session evaluations and claim your credits.
- Once you have completed all applicable session evaluations:
- You can claim credit commensurate with your total attendance for the conference as a whole.
- You will then be able to download a certificate appropriate to your credentials.
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