Identifying and Supporting Individuals at Risk for Suicide

Activity Description

Primary care is a frequent point of contact for suicidal patients in the healthcare system, with 77% of patients who die by suicide presenting to primary care in the year prior, and 45% presenting within the month prior to death (Spottswood et al, 2022). Despite this evidence, there remains a lack of comfort and practice of providing suicide assessment and support by most PCPs, RNs, and other first stop caregivers (Cross, et al, 2022). This course will review suicide risk, assessment strategies and appropriate levels of support; as well as unique risk factors and populations to consider for PCPs and other first stop clinicians, with the goal of better identifying at risk populations to provide early support for these individuals.

Target Audience

Nurses
Physicians
Social Workers

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe behavioral, environmental, situational, and societal factors that increase suicide risk
  2. Assess suicide risk and display use of safety supports using evidence-based risk tools
  3. Identify and strategize postvention strategies for support and wrap around suicide prevention care
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 ANCC
  • 1.50 ASWB ACE Credit
  • 1.50 Attendance/Participation
  • 1.50 IPCE
Course opens: 
09/07/2023
Course expires: 
09/06/2026
NameRoleDisclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Company

Leo Carrara

Nurse

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

Emmeline Hazaray, MD

Physician

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

Alicia Harris

Licensed Professional Counselor | Other licensed training

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

Wendy Welch

Physician

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

Kari Muskopf

Occupational Therapist | Other licensed training

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

Kimberly Pinsch

Social Worker

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

Charles Jin

Physician

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 1.50 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 1.50 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 1.50 General continuing education credits.
 
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Available Credit

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