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CE Credits Available for this Activity: 1
Program Overview: The purpose of this activity is to educate medical professionals on participant and community engagement in clinical research.
Target Audience: The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals who would like to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively engage communities in health research, fostering partnerships that lead to more meaningful and impactful outcomes.
Release and Expiration Dates
11/15/2023 – 11/15/2026
Objectives
Explain what community engagement is and why it is important for health research.
Describe the differences between traditional and community-based participatory research.
Provide examples of how to integrate community members into various stages of the research process.
References
UAMS Translational Research Institute (https://tri.uams.edu/community/)
Faculty Disclosure
The following planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers, and/or panelists of this CE activity have financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:
Jessica Snowden, MD – Consultant: Pfizer
All financial relationships have been mitigated.
No other planners, speakers, and/or peer reviewers of this CME activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The compliance reviewer, Courtney Bryant, Sara Hale, or Brandie Jones, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Planners: Jessica Snowden, MD; Jeannette Lee, PhD; Lora Lawrence, RN; Catrice Banks-Johnson, MPA; DeAnn Hubberd,
Speaker(s): Keneshia Bryant-Moore, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC; Nicki Spencer, MHA, Anna Huff Davis
Speaker(s) Bio
Dr. Keneshia Bryant-Moore, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, serves as an Associate Director of the Community Engagement Core of the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI). In this role she serves as a resource to researchers and community members and organizations interested in partnerships throughout the research process including the dissemination of research findings. Dr. Bryant-Moore is the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in the Fay W. Boozeman College of Public Health. Presently, she serves as the Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Dissemination Core of the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD) which is funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).
Nicki Spencer has served as Senior Program Manager of Community Engagement for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute (TRI) for six years. Her position on the community engagement team allows me to mix my education with my experience and passion.
Anna Huff Davis has been a community research advocate providing training and partnering with researchers on multiple studies over the past 20 years. She has been a community liaison with the COPH’s Office of Community-Based Public Health since 2001. She served as a community partner on Arkansas’ Nutritional Intervention Research Initiative (NIRI) in the Mississippi River Delta funded by USDA and worked with Dr. Stewart to develop and implement community training on Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and the ethics of research for communities involved in NIRI.
Instructions to Obtain Credit
(1) Launch the activity
(2) View the entire module online
(3) Complete the post-test
(must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit)
You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
(4) Complete Evaluation and Print certificate
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 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
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ACPE Credit Designation Statement
These knowledge-based activities will provide pharmacists with up to 1 contact hour or 1 CEU. CE credit information, based on participation and completion of the program evaluation, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.
AAPA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Disclosure Policy Statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Office of Continuing Education (OCE) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.
UAMS Office of Continuing Education (OCE) Contact Information
4301 W Markham Street #525
Little Rock, AR 72205
Email: cmeconf@uams.edu
Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968
DCOC Contact Information
Catrice Banks-Johnson
Email: crbanksjohnson@uams.edu
DeAnn Hubberd
Email: DEHubberd@uams.edu
You can download an official transcript from your CloudCME profile (https://uams.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx) or you can request a copy of your transcript at https://ce.uams.edu/transcript-request-2/.
