Clinical Excellence in Mental Health: Enhancing Care, Quality and Engagement Across Primary and Behavioral Health

Activity Description

This course equips healthcare professionals with the skills to identify and address behavioral health needs through validated screening tools and evidence-based interventions. Learners will develop strategies to coordinate comprehensive care, enhance patient adherence, and support mental health follow-up. Emphasis is placed on person-centered communication to reduce stigma, promote treatment engagement, and foster a supportive care environment. Participants will also learn to evaluate care quality using performance metrics and patient experience data to drive improvements in mental health outcomes.

Target Audience

Nurses
Physicians
Social Workers

Learning Objectives

  1. Assess behavioral health needs by utilizing validated screening tools to recognize mental health concerns and determine appropriate interventions
  2. Coordinate comprehensive care by applying strategies to enhance patient adherence, mental health follow-up, and continuity of care
  3. Implement person-centered communication strategies to effectively discuss mental health concerns, reduce stigma, and encourage treatment engagement
  4. Evaluate performance through quality measures and components of the outpatient mental health survey to improve health outcomes and patient experience
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 ASWB ACE Credit
  • 1.00 Attendance/Participation
  • 1.00 IPCE
Course opens: 
07/16/2025
Course expires: 
07/15/2028
NameRoleDisclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Company

Kari Muskopf

Occupational Therapist | Other licensed training

PlannerNo relevant financial relationship(s)
with ineligible companies to disclose

Cheryl Stroud

Social Worker

Planner & SpeakerNo relevant financial relationship(s)
with ineligible companies to disclose

Jennifer Jackson-Wohl

Physician

PlannerNo relevant financial relationship(s)
with ineligible companies to disclose

Leo Carrara

Nurse

PlannerNo relevant financial relationship(s)
with ineligible companies to disclose

Shelley Lathrop

Social Worker

Independent ReviewerNo relevant financial relationship(s)
with ineligible companies to disclose

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education (Centene Institute) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Centene Institute ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

None of the Centene Institute staff members have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® 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.
 
 
 
Credit Designation Statements
 
Physicians
The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® designates this Internet Activity (Enduring Material) for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Nurses
The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® designates this Internet Activity (Enduring Material) for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours.
 
Social Workers

 
 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Centene Institute for Advanced Health 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 1.00 Clinical continuing education credits.​​​
 
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 ASWB ACE Credit
  • 1.00 Attendance/Participation
  • 1.00 IPCE
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