Thursday, November 3, 2022
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Zoom; Room 101, The Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering, 610 Commonwealth Avenue
A Hybrid Event Presented by
The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Featuring Dr. Vanessa Kerry
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Join the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health and Dr. Vanessa Kerry for a conversation on the links between global health and economic growth, community development, and national security.
As a practicing critical care physician and CEO of Seed Global Health, Dr. Kerry will share a people-centered model for training health professionals in countries with limited resources to improve global health and promote economic and community development worldwide.
Program:
5:00 pm: Opening remarks and introduction by Ellie Zambrano, CISWH executive director
5:07 pm: Dr. Vanessa Kerry presentation
5:30 pm: Q&A with Prof. Margaret Lombe and Dr. Vanessa Kerry
5:40 pm: Q&A with in-person and Zoom audience
5:55 pm: Closing remarks by Ellie Zambrano
Content Level: Intermediate
Continuing Education Credit Info:
The target audience of this lecture and discussion is LICSW, LCSW, LSW, LSWA and other health care professionals. Strengthening Professional Health Education for Global Change is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 11/08/2021 – 11/08/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
1.0 national continuing education credits (free) are available to social workers licensed in the United States after the completion of a brief post-event quiz. The event will provide intermediate-level content and must be attended live in order to receive CE credits. If you would like to receive credits, please provide your license number during registration. The post-event quiz will be sent out at the end of the event and will be a Qualtrics quiz. Applicants will need a score of 70% or higher to receive the CE certificate, which will be sent via email. Questions? Contact ciswh@bu.edu.
Boston University School of Social Work, 1121, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Boston University School of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/8/2021 – 11/8/2024.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain central challenges to training health professionals in resource- limited countries.
- Examine the links between health and other aspects of society including economy, social cohesion, and national security.
- Apply a model for training local health professional capacity.
Bibliography:
- Kerry VB, Ahaisibwe B, Malewezi B, Ngoma D, Daoust P, Stuart-Shor E, Mannino CA, Day D, Foradori L, Sayeed SA. Partnering to Build Human Resources for Health Capacity in Africa: A Descriptive Review of the Global Health Service Partnership’s Innovative Model for Health Professional Education and Training From 2013-2018. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2020 Nov 29. PMID: 33300760.
- Shokoohi H, Raymond A, Fleming K, Scott J, Kerry V, Haile-Mariam T, Sayeed S, Boniface KS. Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Clinical Educators in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2019 06; 45(6):1351-1357. PMID: 30904246.
- Schriger SH, Binagwaho A, Keetile M, Kerry V, Mubiligi JM, Ramogola-Masire D, Roland M, Barg FK, Cancedda C. Hierarchy of qualities in global health partnerships: a path towards equity and sustainability. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 12; 6(12). PMID: 34969686; PMCID: PMC8718486.
- Falahee B, Kerry V. Embracing Social Engagement in Academic Medicine: Ongoing Challenges and How to Move Forward. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 04; 37(5):1254-1257. PMID: 34505236; PMCID: PMC8971209.
- Bebell LM, Ngonzi J, Meier FA, Carreon CK, Birungi A, Kerry VB, Atwine R, Roberts DJ. Building Perinatal Pathology Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022; 9:958840. PMID: 35872791; PMCID: PMC9304650.
Accessibility:
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in its facilities, programming, and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health-related issues), requiring communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact the event organizer at ciswh@bu.edu to discuss your needs.
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