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Primary Care in Urban Settings
Online CME
Providing equitable, comprehensive health care for more diverse populations comes with unique challenges. Focus your learning on meeting those needs with CME designed for family physicians caring for patients in urban environments.
Topics cover some of the most common health issues found in denser cities and offer innovative models of care delivery, including telehealth, plus practical solutions to optimize limited resources. Explore enhanced ways to care for refugee and LGBTQIA+ patients, address increased black maternal morbidity, screening for HIV and Hep C, and more.
AAFP Member: $495
New Physician: $445
Student or Resident: $325
Other Health Care Professional: $495
Nonmember: $635
Almost Doesn't Count: Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States
Safiya McNeese, MD
Anxiety and Depression in the Primary Care Setting
Nicole Lopez, MD, FAAFP
Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: A Gold Standard Treatment that any DEA Registered Provider Can Prescribe
Aaron Newcomb, DO
Community Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder
Sarah Present, MD, MPH
Community-Engaged Lifestyle Medicine: The Healthy Neighborhood Immersion Strategy
Meagan Grega, MD, FACLM
Coping Techniques and Resources for Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue (Part 2)
Melissa Clark, MD; Caitlin Matthis, DO
Cross Cultural Communication and Health Literacy
Alan Ehrlich, MD, FAAFP
Developing Compassionate Leaders: What Every Urban Health Center Needs
Mellisa Pensa, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Diagnosis and Management of Adult and Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
Bryan Billings, MD
Geriatric Care in an Urban Setting
Karla Tejada-Arias, MD
Group Visits: The Birth of a Teen Pregnancy Alternative
Faith Butler, MD, FAAFP; Michelle Sommer, MD
HEP C
Melissa Beagle, MD
Liberation and the Social Teaching of Street Medicine
Brett Feldman
On Different Soil: Working Thoughtfully with Refugees
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP; Fern Hauck, MD, FAAFP
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy and Promoting Vaccine Confidence in Your Patients and Staff
Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ
Overview of the Urban Health Landscape
Mellisa Pensa, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Primary Care Pearls of LGBTQIA+ Health Care
Janelle Marra, DO, FAAFP, CAQSM
Recognizing the Impact of Trauma and Secondary Trauma on Physician and Patient Well-being (Part 1)
Melissa Clark, MD
Remote Patient Care and Equitable Telehealth
Lillian Holloway, MD, FAAFP
Update on HIV - Screening and Preventative Treatment Strategies
Kurt Cook, MD
Weight Bias: How Is It Affecting Your Practice?
Keisha Harvey Mansfield
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Review the distinctive characteristics of urban populations and their impact on healthcare delivery.
- Become familiar with some of the most seen clinical presentations in an urban setting.
- Develop strategies to effectively manage the complexities of patient diversity in urban environments.
- Learn techniques for optimizing available resources to provide comprehensive care to patients.
- Explore innovative models of care delivery suitable for urban family medicine practices.
- Enhance communication skills to foster effective patient-doctor relationships in urban settings.
- Discuss the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and referral networks in urban family medicine.
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The AAFP has reviewed Primary Care in Urban Settings and deemed it acceptable for up to 17.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 5/29/2024 to 5/29/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Enduring Materials for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.