Online CE and Professional Development

Having to give bad news to patients happens frequently in healthcare arenas and many times healthcare professionals have not received training and education on how to compassionately and competently deliver bad news. Research has demonstrated that educating and reeducating healthcare professionals how to deliver bad news using a tool decreases patient distress and improves healthcare professional confidence and empathetic response thereby creating a better encounter for everyone involved.

This course will focus on providing healthcare professional education on the available tools and frameworks available to deliver bad news and provide education on how to implement one of these tools when having to discuss difficult information with patients.

The purpose of this course is to enrich the quality of healthcare professionals’ culturally sensitive healthcare delivery. Cultural and Linguistic Appropriate Standards are discussed, theories that assist in the delivery of cross-cultural care are reviewed, and several tools that can facilitate and enhance conducting a culturally sensitive assessment are introduced.  

This course is directed to all healthcare professionals. Presented are the definition, statistics, and patterns of domestic violence in America. This course outlines intimate partner violence, elder abuse and neglect, and child abuse and neglect. Learn the factors that make healthcare professionals reluctant to intervene in these situations. Although laws and definition of terms may vary among states, all state legislatures have passed laws requiring that you must take action to help the victim - failure to report is a first degree misdemeanor!

This course has been approved by a MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Domestic Violence as required for state licensing in the state of Florida - 456.031, F.S. and 64B-5.010, F.A.C.

Human slavery has always existed; with the popularity of social media the awareness of human trafficking is gaining recognition throughout the world and we are now recognizing its prevalence in the United States. As healthcare and mental health professionals it is essential that we acquire the knowledge, training, and skills in conjunction with human trafficking; this course will increase your level of awareness and knowledge about human trafficking and exploitation. Includes accreditation for: FL Board of Respiratory Care; FL Board of Occupational Therapy; FL Council of Dietetics and Nutrition; FL Council of Licensed Midwifery and FL Board of Athletic Training.

This course meets or exceeds the criteria outlined in S.464.013,F.S. and the MQA for 2 CEU in human trafficking.

Human slavery has always existed; with the popularity of social media the awareness of human trafficking is gaining recognition throughout the world and we are now recognizing its prevalence in the United States. As healthcare and mental health professionals it is essential that we acquire the knowledge, training, and skills in conjunction with human trafficking; this course will increase your level of awareness and knowledge about human trafficking and exploitation.

This course meets or exceeds the criteria outlined in S.464.013,F.S. and the MQA for 2 CEU in human trafficking.

This course will help enhance the healthcare professional's ability to effectively communicate with patients in order to satisfy patients' needs and expectations. The course focuses on how to best communicate important and relevant information to a diverse patient population that will establish trust with the patient. Particular attention is given to the healthcare professional's role in communication, ethics, protocols, patient confidentiality, image quality, and professionalism.

According to Go Red For Women, "cardiovascular diseases and stroke cause 1 in 3 women's deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds". Unfortunately, the majority of those women did not perceive themselves to be at risk. Nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented. All healthcare professionals need to understand the awareness issues, risk factors, and treatment options for women and heart disease.