The Impact of Employment on Health: Insights for Clinicians

Activity Description

This panel discussion explores key concepts such as Employment First, Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, and Health Disparities, emphasizing their relevance to the approach to healthcare. Participants will examine the healthcare team's role in addressing individual's employment status throughout care, the impact of unemployment on well-being, and strategies to shift toward more empowering, person-centered practices.

Target Audience

Nurses
Physicians
Social Workers

Learning Objectives

  1. Define Employment First, Social Determinants/Drivers of Health, Health Equity, and Health Disparities
  2. Discuss the role of the healthcare team to empower individuals seeking and maintaining employment
  3. Understand the impact of unemployment and underemployment on quality of life
  4. Address medical model bias and develop 1-3 ways in which to apply a new approach in practice immediately
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: 
10/20/2025
Course expires: 
10/19/2028
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

Shelley Lathrop

Social Worker

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

Jen Zepeda

Licensed Associate Counselor | Other licensed training

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

Theresia Kody

Certified Employment Support Professional | Other non-licensed training

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

Michelle Levi

Other Non-Licensed Training

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

Leah Eernisse Jones

Population Health & Clinical Operations - Complex Care - LTSS/IDD | Other non-licensed training

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

Paul Mulhausen

Physician

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

Marlene Russell

Nurse

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

Mandy Lin

Other non-licensed training

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 General 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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