Wake AHEC Upcoming Continuing Education / Continuing Professional Development / Medical Education Program and Course Listing
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07/25/2025	Friday
12:00 PM	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Workshop Part 1: It’s Probably Not Summer Flu
	Join us for this 2-part workshop on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. You can attend one or both of these live webinars. Ticks and the illnesses they transmit are an increasing public health concern in North Carolina. This virtual webinar is designed to strengthen understanding of tick ecology, disease risk, and clinical management. Part 1 explores: • The primary tick species found in North Carolina’s Piedmont and the pathogens they carry • Current trends in tick-borne diseases in NC, including Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis, and emerging conditions like Alpha-Gal Syndrome • Evidence-based tick bite prevention strategies for patients and communities • Clinical approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for tick-borne infections • What to do when a patient reports a tick bite, including risk assessment and documentation • Tools and resources for ongoing education and patient communication To receive nursing contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour will be awarded. Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. None of the planners or speaker for this educational activity have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Part 2 will be on August 15th. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Workshop Part 2: Taking a Bite Out of Alpha-Gal Syndrome Register separately here: https://www.wakeahec.org/courses-and-events/76200/ticks-and-tick-borne-diseases-workshop-part-2-taking-a-bite-out-of-alpha-gal-syndrome Audience - Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Assistants, Public Health Staff, and others in the healthcare field interested in this topic
08/14/2025	Thursday
8:30 AM	Healing the Water: Transforming Systems for Black Maternal & Infant Health
	This one-day educational activity will bring together an array of stakeholders – healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, advocates, parents, and community leaders – to address the disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes within the Black community. Through an evidenced based exchange of ideas, lessons learned, and best practices, the conference will provide for those in attendance collective knowledge and expertise and fostering a more inclusive, responsive, and effective approach to care. From intra professional collaborations to grassroots initiatives, this conference will highlight the importance of a collective commitment to prioritizing the needs of Black birthing persons. Please come join us as we strengthen bonds, forge new partnerships, and chart a course towards improved health outcomes in our communities. Audience - Nurses, Midwives, Doulas, Social Workers, Health Department Staff, Researchers, Health and Policy Makers, Community Members and others interested in supporting better health outcomes for Black birthing persons.
08/15/2025	Friday
8:00 AM	2nd Annual Optimizing Outcomes: Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Summit - “this event has reached room capacity and is not taking any new registrations” * Filled - Registration not open *
	The United States faces a maternal health crisis as mortality rates continue to accelerate at an alarming pace. Many elements impact the increased risk of pregnancy complications that lead to maternal death, yet more than 80 percent of these deaths are considered preventable. Notably, racial and ethnic disparities exist as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities are at least two to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women. It is critical to acknowledge that mental and substance use disorders are common conditions that complicate the perinatal period and are currently the leading cause of maternal mortality. North Carolina is particularly affected, having reported disproportionate rates of pregnancy-related deaths from mental health conditions and injuries that are largely attributed to overdose. Moreover, discrimination is recorded as the most prevalent contributory factor. Through the efforts of NC MATTERS and the 2nd Annual Optimizing Outcomes: Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Summit, healthcare and public health professionals will be uniquely positioned to support a maternal health call to action. The purpose of the 2nd Annual MMHSUD Summit is to provide relevant updates in maternal health screening and treatment options and elevate destigmatizing approaches to integrated care. Participants will have the opportunity to address real world scenarios by engaging in peer-to-peer sharing across varying perinatal care regions and to explore leading recommendations and resources that aid in practice change. Agenda August 15th, 2025: 8:00-9:00 AM Registration, Networking, Breakfast 9:00-9:30 AM Opening: The Overlooked Connection: Mental Health, Overdose, and Maternal Mortality in North Carolina – Rebecca Moore-Patterson, MSW, LCSW and Elisabeth Johnson, PhD, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, LCAS 9:30-10:30 AM Keynote: Perinatal Mental Health Screening and Treatment Saves Lives: Tools, Tips & Tribulations – Janelle Palacios, PhD, CNM 10:30-11:15 AM Perinatal Mental Health Systems of Care – Veronica Kemeny, LCSW, PMH-C and Carolina Robbins, LCSW, PMH-C, EMDR 11:15-11:30 AM Break 11:30-12:20 PM Perinatal Care Beyond the Visit: Relationships Matter – Russell Suda, MD and Sonja Bohannon-Thacker, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C 12:20-1:15 PM Lunch, Fellows’ Recognition 1:15-2:00 PM Perinatal Care Region Projects: Roundtable Discussion 2:00-2:10 PM Break 2:10-2:50 PM Using Motivational Interviewing to Quickly Engage and Develop Patient Change Goals in a Perinatal Health Setting – Laurie Conaty, MSW, LCSW, LCAS 2:50-3:30 PM Elevating Patient Voices: Lived Experiences Panel – Judith Johnson-Hostler, LCMHC, LCAS, NCC, CSI (Moderator) and Alice Stone 3:30-4:25 PM Keynote: Saving Mothers, Saving Futures: The Urgency of Maternal Mental Health Reform – Jamie Belsito, BA 4:25-4:30 PM Closing The conference is being held at Hyatt Place Durham, NC at Southpoint. Hotel booking information: Group Code G-NCMI Group rate available until Monday, July 14th, 2025 or until capacity is reached Hyatt Place Durham Southpoint 7840 NC Hwy 751 Durham, NC, 27713 919.688.7800 option “0” to speak with a reservation team member Audience - Physicians (OB/GYN, family medicine, primary care, psychiatry, specialists), advanced care practitioners, behavioral health and substance use professionals (psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors), nurses, doulas and support teams, as well as others interested from across North Carolina
12:00 PM	Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Workshop Part 2: Taking a Bite Out of Alpha-Gal Syndrome
	Join us for this 2-part workshop on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. You can attend one or both of these live webinars. This informative live webinar focuses on Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) - the rapidly spreading tick-borne condition triggered by exposure to the carbohydrate galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ("alpha-gal") following the bite of a lone star tick or other tick species. AGS can cause serious allergic reactions to mammalian meat, dairy, gelatin, and certain medical products containing mammalian-derived ingredients, including some pharmaceuticals and vaccines. Part 2 explores: • A clinical overview of Alpha-Gal Syndrome, including pathophysiology and diagnostic • The latest research and emerging insights into prevalence, triggers, and regional spread • Best practices for managing AGS • Strategies for patient education, prevention, and interdisciplinary care You will come away with actionable knowledge to better identify, support, and manage patients affected by this complex and often underrecognized condition. To receive nursing contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour will be awarded. Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. None of the planners or speaker for this educational activity have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Audience - Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Assistants, Public Health Staff, and others in the healthcare field interested in this topic
08/19/2025	Tuesday
12:00 PM	Understanding Capacity and Legal Competency in the Context of the Guardianship Process
	Join us for Mental Health Grand Rounds focused on the complex and often misunderstood intersection of mental capacity, legal competency, and legal guardianship. This session will provide in-depth exploration of the legal standards that define capacity and competency, clarify enhanced relationship between the two and outline the multidisciplinary evaluation process used in determining the need for guardianship. Participants will also gain clarity on who is authorized to initiate guardianship proceedings and the roles of various professionals in the process. 11:30am- 12:00pm- Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm- Program Audience - This workshop will be beneficial to behavioral health and healthcare professionals
09/03/2025	Wednesday
12:00 PM	73rd Annual Tuberculosis/Respiratory Disease Institute * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	This educational activity is designed to discuss the current diagnostic, management and research concepts of tuberculosis and respiratory disease. The 2025 Institute Series will follow the ECHO model of facilitation learning through real-life case presentations and discussions. Audience - Physicians, nurses and other public health professionals working towards the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States.
09/05/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Technology-Based Clinical Supervision: Extending the Supervisory Reach
	This workshop will familiarize clinical supervisors with technology-based clinical supervision (TBCS), introduce research demonstrating its utility, and provide opportunities to gain greater familiarity with practice delivery of clinical supervision services using different types of technology. Audience - This workshop is for clinicians already familiar with foundational skills related to clinical supervision of social workers, counselors, therapists, addiction specialists, psychologists, and other health and human service practitioners.
09/09/2025	Tuesday
3:00 PM	CGWEP Implementing the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems: A Practical Series - Tuesday Sessions
	TUESDAY SESSIONS: In this 10-week workshop series, participants will learn to apply the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems to their clinical practice by meeting weekly with a geriatrician faculty facilitator. By the end of the series, participants will be prepared to apply the 4Ms to their own practice and, if desired, apply for Level 1 Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Each weekly session will include a brief didactic covering core topics in geriatrics within the 4Ms framework, followed by case discussions. Participants should plan to attend all sessions and bring challenging cases of older adults from their own practice for consultation with the geriatrician faculty facilitator and peer discussion. This workshop series is offered on two different days and you are signing up for Tuesdays 3-4 pm, facilitated by Dr. Ben Blomberg Sessions will be held every Tuesday, 3-4pm between 9/9/25 and 11/11/25 September 9 Intro to the 4Ms and Age-Friendly Health Systems September 16 What Matters: Eliciting What Matters Most September 23 What Matters: Aligning Care with Preferences September 30 Medications: Age-Friendly Medication Management October 7 Medications: Tools for Deprescribing October 14 Mentation: Dementia and Depression October 21 Mentation: Recognizing and Managing Delirium October 28 Mobility: Functional Assessment and Fall Prevention November 4 Mobility: Promoting Mobility and Physical Activity November 11 Wrap-up and Applying for Age-Friendly Health Systems Recognition November 18 Inclement Weather Make-Up session (if needed) To register for Wednesdays 12-1 pm, facilitated by Dr. Mallory McClester Brown, go here: https://www.wakeahec.org/courses-and-events/76297 Note: This program is for providers who practice in North Carolina. Register early, limited seating. Registration will close by Monday, Sept 8th, 2025. Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, and other interested geriatric care team members
09/10/2025	Wednesday
12:00 PM	CGWEP Implementing the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems: A Practical Series - Wednesday Sessions
	WEDNESDAY SESSIONS: In this 10-week workshop series, participants will learn to apply the 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems to their clinical practice by meeting weekly with a geriatrician faculty facilitator. By the end of the series, participants will be prepared to apply the 4Ms to their own practice and, if desired, apply for Level 1 Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Each weekly session will include a brief didactic covering core topics in geriatrics within the 4Ms framework, followed by case discussions. Participants should plan to attend all sessions and bring challenging cases of older adults from their own practice for consultation with the geriatrician faculty facilitator and peer discussion. This workshop series is offered on two different days - Tuesdays and Wednesdays. You are signing up for Wednesdays 12-1 pm, facilitated by Dr. Mallory McClester Brown Sessions will be held every Wednesdays, 12-1pm between 9/10/25 and 11/12/25 September 10 Intro to the 4Ms and Age-Friendly Health Systems September 17 What Matters: Eliciting What Matters Most September 24 What Matters: Aligning Care with Preferences October 1 Medications: Age-Friendly Medication Management October 8 Medications: Tools for Deprescribing October 15 Mentation: Dementia and Depression October 22 Mentation: Recognizing and Managing Delirium October 29 Mobility: Functional Assessment and Fall Prevention November 5 Mobility: Promoting Mobility and Physical Activity November 12 Wrap-up and Applying for Age-Friendly Health Systems Recognition November 19 Inclement Weather Make-Up session (if needed) To register for Tuesdays 3-4 pm, facilitated by Dr. Ben Blomberg, go here: https://www.wakeahec.org/courses-and-events/76295 Note: This program is for providers who practice in North Carolina. Register early, limited seating. Registration will close by Monday, Sept 8th, 2025. Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, and other interested geriatric care team members
09/12/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Eat Intuitively, Live Freely Intuitive Eating Essentials for Disordered Eating
	In this engaging workshop, we seek to better understand the world of intuitive eating. We will discover how intuitive eating principles can support therapeutic approaches when treating disordered eating. Through audio-visual presentation, reflection, and group processing we will review the following: Introduction to Intuitive Eating and Disordered Eating, Integrating Intuitive Eating into Therapy, Practical Application and Building Client Skills. Audience - Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.
12:30 PM	The Carolinas and Tennessee 2025 Anesthesiology Conference - Excellence in Anesthesia
	The Carolinas and Tennessee Anesthesiology 2025 Annual Meeting is designed to bring together anesthesiologists, CAAs, residents, fellows, medical students, anesthesia technicians and practice managers for a 3-day conference focused on clinical information, leadership and networking. Audience - Anesthesiologists, Fellows, Residents, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants, and Medical Students
09/13/2025	Saturday
7:50 AM	20th Annual Time is Brain: Advances in Stroke Care
	Please join us for an engaging and informative day with content focusing on the neurologic exam and anatomy cases, intracerebral hemorrhage, complications from stroke, review the AHA guidelines, managing blood pressure after stroke, secondary stroke prevention trials, a stroke survivor story, update on StrokeNet clinical trials, cancer-associated ischemic stroke, aphasia, and post-acute stroke rehab in the home. We look forward to seeing you there! Agenda 7:15am Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibitors 7:50am Welcome and Announcements 8:00am Neurologic Exam and Anatomy Cases, Faris Almubaslat, MD, PhD and Abigail Lange, MD 8:45am Advancements in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Management, Shashank Shekhar, MD, MSc, FAHA, FANA 9:30am Break and Exhibitors 9:45am Complications from Stroke: AHA Guidelines, Mary Guhwe, DNP, FNP-BC, SCRN 10:30am The Pressure is On: Managing Blood Pressure After Stroke* Lauren Trummel, PharmD 11:00am Break and Exhibitors 11:15am Secondary Stroke Prevention Trials, Amanda Crooks, MD 12:00pm Lunch and Exhibitors 12:45pm Stroke Survivor Story & WakeMed Peer Support Program, Skip Roy, PT, MHA 1:15pm Update on StrokeNet Clinical Trials, Alex Limkakeng, Jr., MD, MHSc, FACEP 1:30pm Cancer-Associated Ischemic Stroke, Dylan Ryan, MD 2:15pm Break and Exhibitors 2:30pm Aphasia: What it is and How to Treat it, Lindsay Halas, MS, CCC-SLP 3:15pm Post Acute Stroke Rehab in the Home, Lynn Hammer, DC, PT 4:00pm Closing Remarks 4:05pm Adjourn *Pharmacotherapeutic credit Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Case Managers, Social Workers, and other healthcare professionals who care for stroke patients
09/16/2025	Tuesday
9:00 AM	When the Dam Breaks: Preventing and Planning for Mental Health Crises with People with IDD
	Crisis looks different for everyone. What may feel like a dam breaking to one person is a minor drip to another. Approximately 30-50% of people with IDD have a co-occurring mental health condition. People with IDD are more vulnerable to trauma than their typically developing peers. A person with IDD and a co-occurring mental health condition may need more personalized support at times to plan for and prevent personal crises. It is important to understand how to support a person in always feeling safe so as to assist them in times of crisis. This workshop explores what it means to have a crisis and how we can positively support individuals with IDD in our everyday interactions to help minimize the possibility of a crisis. We will focus on understanding the underlying circumstances that can lead to crisis and how utilizing trauma informed approaches in your everyday support of a person with IDD can help prevent a situation go from a water drip to a break in the dam. Audience - Service providers, family members, caregivers, school personnel, self-advocates who identify with IDD
09/19/2025	Friday
7:50 AM	Holistic Horizons: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Age-Friendly Care
	This conference is designed to provide health care professionals with multidisciplinary perspectives as they care for older adults. Content will focus on decision making around dialysis in older adults, geriatric psychiatry, EMS Care for the Aging Population, geriatric initiatives at WakeMed, anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies, a patient, caregiver, and families panel on ageism in medicine, and a panel of community faith leaders that will discuss spiritual and cultural considerations in geriatric care. We look forward to seeing you there! Agenda 7:15am Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibitors 7:50am Welcome and Announcements 8:00am Ageism in Medicine: Patient, Caregiver, and Families Panel, Moderator: Christine Khandelwal, DO, MHPE, FAAFP, FAAHPM 9:00am Geriatric Initiatives at WakeMed, Kyle Clise, MBA, MHA and Kaytlin Atwood, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, MEDSURG-BC 10:00am Break, Exhibitors, and Poster Presentations (optional/no credit awarded) 10:30am Anti-Amyloid Monoclonal Antibodies*, Kim Johnson, MD 11:15am Decision Making Around Dialysis in Older Adults, Eva Stein, MD 12:15pm Lunch and Exhibitors 12:45pm Poster Presentations (optional/no credit awarded) 1:15pm Geriatric Psychiatry from the ED Perspective, Keri Metcalf, MD 2:15pm EMS Care for the Aging Population, Casey Mason, BS, Paramedic, CIT 3:00pm Break and Poster Presentations (optional/no credit awarded) 3:30pm Spiritual and Cultural Considerations in Geriatric Care Panel, Rev. Jeremy Gilmore, PhD, MDiv and Community Faith Leaders - Victoria Blount, Fiaz Fareed, Anne Packett, and Thankam Rangala 4:15pm Closing Comments and Adjourn *Pharmacotherapeutic credit Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Case Managers, Psychologists, Chaplains, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Home Health Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators, EMTs, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of older adults
9:00 AM	Cultivating the Supervisory Alliance: Strengths, Stressors, and Solutions
	The quality and effectiveness of the supervision experience largely depends on the supervisory alliance. The working relationship between the supervisor and supervisee plays a critical role in the growth and development of the clinician receiving supervision. This workshop will explore various factors that enhance as well as impede the cultivation of a supervisory alliance that effectively promotes supervisee growth. Supervisory solutions for addressing counterproductive situations as well capitalizing on existing strengths will be explored, including the role of personal development in the context of supervision. Audience - This workshop is for clinicians already familiar with foundational skills related to clinical supervision of counselors, therapists, social workers, addiction specialists, psychologists, and other health and human service practitioners.
09/25/2025	Thursday
6:00 PM	Beyond Our Walls
	This session will surface the impact or health inequities on various sectors of health and healthcare and best practices for facilitating high-quality and equitable health outcomes for our patients. 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Dinner & Networking 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm- Program Audience - This workshop will be beneficial to behavioral health and healthcare professionals
10/04/2025	Saturday
8:30 AM	CGEC Bridging the Gap: Empowering Primary Care Providers in Dementia Diagnosing, Care Continuity, and Resource Integration
	This educational activity will review the changing landscape of brain health recommendations for dementia prevention across the lifespan. Those in attendance will be provided new tools in diagnosing patients with dementia and navigating the long wait times for referrals. Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and other health and human service professionals who are interested in brain health
10/10/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Considerations for Working with Clients Struggling with Substance Use in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
	Clinicians working with individuals struggling with substance use may encounter complex situations in which the relational context is one of intimate partner violence. This specialized training will help clinicians understand various aspects of the relationship between substance use problems and intimate partner violence (IPV), including IPV barriers to changing substance use behavior, substance use barriers to changing (i.e., leaving) IPV relationships, and IPV impact on sobriety and recovery-oriented activities. We will discuss these topics with attention to processes of traumatic bonding, psychobiology, community norms and priorities, and relationship dynamics. In this training, Dr. Zerubavel will provide a framework for understanding the dynamics of IPV and the relationship between substance use and these dynamics. Participants will learn to assess for IPV, as without assessment, providers are often not aware that individuals working with them are experiencing IPV. The training will emphasize the use of a trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach to empower victims of IPV struggling with substance use. Audience - Behavioral health professionals including substance use counselors, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, or others interested in the subject
10/15/2025	Wednesday
9:00 AM	Utilizing Integrative Hypnosis in Practice: A Guide to Treating Anxiety Disorder and Trauma
	Hypnosis is a powerful clinical tool utilized across diverse settings to catalyze healing and facilitate transformative change via imagery, suggestion, and subconscious exploration. What sets hypnosis apart is its capacity to engage consciousness at profound levels, fostering profound shifts in awareness and behavior. Widely applied in mental health, hypnosis generates positive outcomes including but not limited to bolstering self-esteem and helping initiate adaptive behaviors, anxiety reduction, trauma symptom alleviation, improving sleep quality, and optimizing performance (American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, n.d.). One of its notable strengths lies in its efficacy in treating anxiety disorders and trauma when integrated with complementary modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques. This integrative approach offers a compelling process of addressing discomfort and dysregulation and delving into entrenched thoughts, emotions, and past experiences. By tapping into the subconscious mind, the hypnotic process, combined with CBT and mindfulness fortifies positive beliefs, challenges unproductive patterns, and amplifies therapeutic objectives. Over the long term, this integrated hypnosis fosters resilience, nurtures healthier relationships, and fosters self-trust and trust in others (Daitch, 2007). This workshop aims to guide participants through the steps of the hypnotic process, encompassing crucial aspects such as ensuring safety when working with clients, conducting trance work and testing, and offering psychoeducation about the process and ethical practices. Additionally, it will explore a selection of cognitive and mindfulness techniques, as well as strategies for integrating these approaches to effectively support individuals dealing with anxiety and trauma symptoms. Ultimately, the workshop seeks to provide a comprehensive overview and equip attendees with practical tools for practice. Audience - This program is intended for anyone interested in the use of clinical hypnosis. The target audience is social work professionals and students and other practicing mental health professionals.
10/22/2025	Wednesday
10:00 AM	The Ethics of Responding to Clients and Crime
	Social workers often encounter clients who are involved with the justice system, as crime victims, suspects, or offenders. These situations give rise to complex ethical dilemmas involving confidentiality, conflicts of interest, personal and public safety, and challenges in upholding the best interests of the client. The differences among the populations involved in the justice system and the wide variety of activities that may constitute "crime" further complicate the dilemmas. This workshop addresses the unique considerations when serving justice-involved clients and the ethical standards that apply to dilemmas occurring with these populations. We will use case vignettes to operationalize workshop concepts and will provide resources for continued learning. Audience - Clinicians, case managers, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, advocates, health and human service practitioners
10/27/2025	Monday
9:30 AM	Supporting Children’s Healing- Building Connections, Guiding Behaviors
	The quality of parent-child attachments is central to children’s mental health. Parents are the medicine that can remediate children’s behavioral issues. attention difficulties, non-compliance, aggression, and trauma. Providers who work with young people without engaging their parents are missing an opportunity to augment children’s healing. Learn how to help parents use attention, communication, and structure to build stronger parent-child relationships and support children’s wellbeing. Audience - Professionals who work in health, public health, parent education, mental health or substance abuse and work for children and their families.
10/28/2025	Tuesday
8:00 AM	New Perspectives in Pain Management: Safer and Smarter Evidence-Based Approaches * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	Join physicians, surgeons, and nurses for a dynamic professional development event exploring the evolving landscape of pain management. From the real-life impact of chronic pain and opioid use to cutting-edge ERAS strategies and integrated pain therapy, this conference brings together practical tools, evidence-based innovations, and interdisciplinary insight. Sessions will dive into critical issues like managing acute pain in patients with substance use disorders and the role of pain contracts in clinical care. Whether you're rethinking chronic pain or refining perioperative protocols, you'll leave with actionable strategies to improve patient outcomes while minimizing risk. Agenda 7:30 am Check-In, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibitors 8:00 am Real Life lived experience Impact of Chronic(?) Pain and Opioids 8:30 am Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) strategies across surgical specialties 9:45am Break and Exhibitors 10:00 am Chronic Pain Care Reimagined 10:45 am When the Issue Isn’t in the Tissue…Therapeutic Neuroscience Education & Physical Therapy by Jennifer Harrington, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT 11:15 am TBD 12:15 pm Lunch and Exhibitors 1:15 pm Relief without Regret: Integrated Pain Therapy 2:15 pm Treating Acute Pain in Patients with SUD 3:15 pm Q&A by Alicia Warlick, MD, FASA 3:30 pm Closing Remarks and Adjourn Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Health Educators, Substance Use Specialists, Social Workers, Rehabilitation Therapists including Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, and Occupational Therapists Assistants.
10/30/2025	Thursday
9:00 AM	Grief and Autism Spectrum Disorders
	Dealing with grief, loss and death can be confusing and challenging for anyone. In addition, it is a struggle in our society to discuss death and dying. While individuals with ASD are just as likely to experience these situations, their feelings, thoughts, and perceptions about these experiences may differ from individuals with more typical development. Autistic individuals will most likely need extra support to understand and to successfully cope with their transition through periods of grief, loss and death. This presentation will focus on issues related to dealing with grief, loss and death for individuals with autism and their families, and strategies for supporting them. Specifically discussed will be activities professionals and support staff can use to help these individuals and their families understand death and dying, and more effectively cope with these experiences. Audience - Licensed Professional Counselors, Public Health Professionals, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, School-based personnel, Care Coordinators, Case Managers, Allied Health Staff, Social workers, Therapists and Clinicians working with children, adolescents, and adults, Individuals working with the IDD population, All interested mental health professionals, Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse.
11/05/2025	Wednesday
12:45 PM	35th Annual Art of Breastfeeding Conference: The Legacy Continues - Taking your practice to the next level
	Join us for the 35th Annual Art of Breastfeeding* Conference. This two-day, skill-building conference will help you take your clinical lactation practice to the next level through practical, evidence-based education, immersive case studies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This year’s theme continues the legacy of excellence, while focusing on updated clinical skills, inclusive practices, and real-world strategies to address the evolving landscape of lactation care. Wed 11/5 Day 1: The Clinical Continuum – From Prenatal through Weaning This half day (12-4:30pm) has four sessions covering skills-based topics prenatally through to weaning and time for Q&A from an expert panel. 12 pm Registration and Lunch 12:45 pm Getting Lactation Started 1:30 pm Supporting Lactation 2:30 pm Keeping Lactation Going 3:15 pm Solids and Beyond 4:00 pm Answers from Experts Thurs 11/6 Day 2: Deep Dives and Collaborative Conversations This full day (8:15-4:35pm) covers a wide-range of topics including: 7:45 am Registration, Continental Breakfast 8:15 am History, Present, and Future of Breastfeeding 9:15 am All Tied Up-Ankyloglossia and Breastfeeding 11:00 WHO Code & Outpatient Lactation Practice (Panel) 12 pm Lunch 1 pm Before the Letdown: Understanding Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER), and the Breastfeeding Mother 2:00 pm Collaborating with Doulas and the Full Care Team 2:50 pm Tube Feeding to Oral Feeding with Human Milk 3:35 pm Supporting All Families in Their Human Milk Feeding Journeys (Panel) Work with breastfeeding families? Register for this conference for clinical skills you can apply to your practice immediately. *For brevity, the term “breastfeeding” and "lactation" will be used in written materials and by speakers, however, it is understood to include all possible ways of providing human milk to infant. Audience - Lactation consultants, nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nutritionists, dieticians, health educators, doulas, public health practitioners, peer counselors, breastfeeding support volunteers and healthcare profession students
11/07/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Navigating Psychotherapy Challenges Treating Clients with Traumatic Stress
	Many clients in outpatient psychotherapies have a history of traumatic stress. Trauma histories include experiencing PTSD Criterion A traumatic events (e.g., physical assault, interpersonal violence) as well as a wider range of lifetime events that may be defined as non-Criterion A traumatic experiences (e.g., discrimination, harassment, pervasive emotional invalidation). Traumatic stress can significantly impact people across a wide range of diagnoses and clinical presentations beyond PTSD. Importantly, histories of traumatic stress can lead to patterns of behavior, attention, somatic experiences, interpersonal communication, and thinking that can unintentionally and adversely impact the psychotherapy process. Often, the very pattern the client with traumatic stress seeks to change can also interfere with the process of receiving help from therapists. Clients with interpersonal trauma histories seeking help in therapy to improve problems with relationship functioning may, without intending to, display some of the same relational processes in therapy as those that are problematic in their relationships with family, friends, or others. For example, clients who dissociate may do so during therapy sessions. Mistrust caused by interpersonal trauma may lead clients not to experience mistrust toward the therapist. Clients who learned as a result of chronic emotional invalidation to be overly agreeable and acquiescent in their relationships may do so with therapists, unintentionally interfering with the process of therapy. There are many ways in which therapists must attend to and overcome common challenges to the psychotherapy process in clients with histories of traumatic stress. Although evidence-based treatments for PTSD exist, there is no overarching model across patient diagnoses and evidence-based brands of therapies to help therapists navigate these challenges. In this workshop, we will help clinicians develop and implement a helpful framework to increase confidence and skill in addressing traumatic stress-related processes that interfere with therapy. We offer a pragmatic framework leveraging common sense evidence-based therapeutic relational processes and transdiagnostic interventions found across many therapies. The framework helps therapists orient clients to the various ways in which their trauma histories may inadvertently impact therapy, and invites permission from and collaboration with clients to overcome therapy-interfering processes in real-time as they occur, with a plan to then implement newly learned patterns in everyday life. We will provide didactic and experiential practice techniques to facilitate learning, with the overarching aim to help therapists feel more comfortable and capable of attending to and intervening successfully in a wide range of trauma-related therapy-interfering processes. Audience - Behavioral health professionals including licensed clinical mental health counselors, licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical addiction specialists, psychologists, or others interested in the content
11/13/2025	Thursday
10:00 AM	Suicide and ASD: Suicide Prevention for People on the Autism Spectrum Disorder
	Suicide is a leading cause of premature death in autistic people. Autistic individuals are significantly more likely to think about and attempt suicide than the general population. However, most mental health professionals do not feel confident about identifying warning signs of suicide and intervening with autistic clients who are in crisis. The goal of this program is to improve attendees' knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy related to supporting autistic individuals who are a risk for suicide. Audience - Clinicians, case managers, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, advocates, health and human service practitioners
11/19/2025	Wednesday
6:00 PM	OSHA and North Carolina Infection Control Methods * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	This course will present North Carolina infection control methods and OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens regulations and infection control in dentistry. Details on operatory asepsis methods and materials will be highlighted. **In order to be actively engaged with the speaker, you are encouraged to keep your cameras on throughout the program.** Audience - Dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental laboratory technicians, DDS, DA, RDH
11/21/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Anxiety & ASD: Understanding and Treating Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and co-Morbid Anxiety
	The incidence of autism has been steadily increasing over the last 20 years, especially for the group of individuals with good verbal skills and at least average intelligence. This group has been referred to as individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) (formerly Asperger's Syndrome). In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), these individuals all fall under the category of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with good intelligence and good verbal skills. These high­ functioning children, adolescents, and adults with ASD present with significant social-communication and emotional regulation difficulties despite their well-developed cognitive skills. Many of these individuals present with significant anxiety issues which affect their functioning across a variety of settings. Due to the rising incidence, there is an increased need for professionals trained to address the emotional and social needs of this population. This workshop will focus on recognizing the learning characteristics of individuals with HFA and how they impact anxiety and emotional regulation. Treatment considerations will also be discussed, including the Structured TEACCHing approach to decrease stress by improving abilities in the domains of social, communication, and behavior. Cognitive behavioral strategies for addressing emotional regulation and developing coping strategies will be highlighted. The presenters will cover treatment interventions for school-aged children, adolescents, and adults. Audience - Licensed Professional Counselors, Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Public Health Professionals, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, School-based personnel, Care Coordinators, Case Managers, Allied Health Staff, Social workers, Therapists and Clinicians working with children, adolescents, adults, Individuals working with IDD population, All interested mental health professionals
12/13/2025	Saturday
8:25 AM	23rd Annual Hepatology Symposium - High-Impact Hepatology: An Update on Care of the Patient with Liver Disease * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	Conference Agenda: 8:00am – 8:25am Registration, Breakfast, and Introductions 8:25am – 8:55am Rapidly evolving pharmacotherapy for MASH by Sid Barritt, MD, MSCR 8:55am – 9:20am Therapy and pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder by Hersh Shroff, MD, MBA 9:20am – 9:45am Hepatocellular carcinoma therapy: Shared decision making and treatment options by Andrew Moon, MD, MPH 9:45am – 10:10am Endoscopic management of biliary disease in the patient with cirrhosis by Todd Baron, MD 10:10am – 10:30am Panel Discussion: Barritt, Shroff, Moon, Baron by Neil Shah, Moderator 10:30am – 10:45am Break 10:45am – 11:10am Leveraging informatics for improved patient care in gastroenterology and hepatology by Oren Fix, MD 11:10am – 11:35am Immune mediated liver disease: AIH, IGG4, PBC by Sasha Deutch-Link, MD 11:35am – 12:00pm Care of the critically ill patient with cirrhosis: ACLF and beyond by Neil Shah, MD 12:00pm – 12:20pm Panel Discussion: Fix, Deutch-Link, Shah Sid Barritt, Moderator 12:20pm – 12:40pm Lunch Buffet 12:40pm – 2:15pm Learning Lunch and Case Discussions by UNC GI Fellows 2:15pm – 2:30pm Discussion and Wrap-Up by Sid Barritt, MD, MSCR Audience - Physicians, Fellows, Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurses/Nurse Practitioners
01/23/2026	Friday
9:15 AM	Addressing Oversights in CBTs: Integrating Physiological (Body-based) Interventions
	Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) include a large family of psychotherapies with a well-established evidence base of support across most psychiatric disorders. When CBTs were first developed decades ago, they were novel (at the time) integrations of behavior therapy techniques to change observable behavior (e.g., skills training, stimulus control, exposure procedures) combined with cognitive change strategies to reduce unhelpful thinking patterns (e.g., cognitive reappraisal). CBTs have since included “third wave” psychotherapies aiming to help clients develop an accepting stance toward their thoughts and emotions, without trying to challenge or change them (e.g., mindfulness exercises). Across CBTs, whether implemented as a brand (e.g., dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy) or as an individualized case formulation-based CBT, there is an emphasis on changing problematic behavioral, cognitive, and emotional patterns using evidence-based strategies. However, with very few exceptions, CBTs have not emphasized the role of the body and physiologically-focused interventions. Physiological interventions aim to help clients by directly changing processes in the body (e.g., decrease autonomic nervous system arousal) rather than behavior, cognition, or emotion. There are a number of brands of therapies that have emerged in recent decades that focus on physiological interventions, in part as a response to the absence of these interventions in the family of CBTs. However, many of these branded somatic therapies require long periods of time for certification, are very expensive to learn to do, and have not been well-tested empirically. In this training, we will help clinicians learn to integrate physiologically-focused interventions within an integrative and flexible, person-centered and process-based framework. This training will not focus on any one brand of CBT therapy. Instead, the overarching aim is to enhance therapist confidence and skill integrating physiological interventions transdiagnostically using a case formulation and individualized approach to treatment. We will help clinicians learn to use a case formulation model that is highly collaborative, flexible, multiculturally sensitive and responsive, tailored to client priorities, trauma-informed, and uses evidence-based interventions to help clients integrate physiological interventions in order to change underlying biopsychosocial processes causing impairment in functioning. We will provide didactic and experiential practice techniques to facilitate learning, with the overarching aim to help therapists improve confidence and skill integrating physiological into CBTs across a diverse range of clients. Audience - Behavioral health professionals including licensed clinical mental health counselors, licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical addiction specialists, psychologists, or others interested in the content
01/26/2026	Monday
10:00 AM	Trauma: The Haystack, Not the Needle! How to Contextualize, Assess and Treat Trauma-Related Behaviors in Young People
	This workshop guides therapists in navigating treatment options for trauma-related symptoms and behaviors in youths. It emphasizes that attributing behavioral struggles solely to trauma related experiences may be insufficient. It is imperative to view trauma related experiences and symptoms along a continuum and contextually. Therapists are tasked with uncovering the relationship between internalizing and externalizing behaviors and trauma, while balancing the idea that not all experiences cause PTSD or require trauma treatment. At times, stabilizing individuals and addressing trauma's root causes through short-term, evidence-based therapy is necessary prior to trauma treatment. Other times, presenting problems may be caused or reinforced by additional factors that need to be prioritized. Leveraging decades of experience with children and families, Participants will have the opportunity to explore the assessment and contextualization of trauma and its sequela in youths and identify appropriate treatment options and steps. The importance of treating youths within the family context and practicing self-care to manage the emotional demands of trauma work will be underscored. Audience - This workshop will be beneficial to all service providers, schools, healthcare professionals, including psychologists, social workers, marriage, and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, substance abuse counselors and paraprofessionals.
03/11/2026	Wednesday
9:00 AM	Motivational Interviewing I – Introduction
	Motivational Interviewing is a particular way of talking with people about change and growth to strengthen their own motivation and commitment. (Miller & Rollnick, 2023) This 2-day workshop is designed for practitioners either new to MI or wanting a full refresher to the concepts and an opportunity for supervised practice of skills. Participants will be introduced to this evidence-based approach through an interactive, fast-paced workshop focusing on knowledge-building and fundamental skill practice. Learning methods typically include Interaction and discussion, Written exercises, Didactic presentation, MI instructional videos, Small group exercises with coaching and feedback. Audience - Helping professionals who support clients in making change in their lives.
04/23/2026	Thursday
9:00 AM	Motivational Interviewing II - Practice & Feedback
	This 1-day intensive workshop is designed for practitioners who have completed an introductory course in Motivational Interviewing and who have practiced MI in an applied setting. Participants will be guided through a series of exercises designed to improve MI clinical skills and confidence using this evidence-based model. Expect a fun, engaging environment to refresh and sharpen your MI skills. Specific course material may vary depending on the needs of the participants. Learning methods typically include: Interaction and discussion, Written exercises, Nominal didactic presentation, MI instructional videos, Small group exercises with coaching and feedback. Audience - Helping professionals who support clients making life changes.

Online
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 1: Prescribing Controlled Substances in North Carolina
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. The course is targeted to refine the basics of opioid prescribing. Participants will develop a working understanding of the NARxCHECK Score and Overdose Score and understand how these scores are to be used in patient encounters and clinical decision-making. The course provides insights on more effective use and understanding of the NCCSRS system also known as the PDMP Aware system, as a resource in guiding care for those prescribed opiates, sedatives and stimulant medications. The learner will be instructed in the distinction between a treatment agreement and a treatment contract, understanding the benefits and disadvantages of each. Naloxone education and prescribing is reinforced to support risk mitigation and improved practice. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint provider have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 2: Recognizing Signs of Substance Misuse
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This course will equip the participant to identify signs of substance misuse in the context of patient encounters. Communication skills that facilitate non-stigmatizing discussions of substance misuse are shared to empower effective exploration of opioid use disorder, polysubstance use disorder, diversion, addiction. Surveys will be shared to facilitate gathering objective metrics of functional capacity. Course completion will equip attendees to expand their clinical skills and differential diagnoses in support of identification of substance use disorder and facilitating screening and referral. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners or speakers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 3: Best Practices in Chronic Pain Management and Safe Opioid Prescribing
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This educational activity is designed to equip physician, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the fundamentals of assessing patients with chronic pain to determine the role of opioid and non-opioid treatment strategies. Specific non-opioid alternatives will be reviewed and include a discussion of the mechanism of action to guide selection based on clinical considerations. Opioid initiation, selection, dosage, assessment for safety and efficacy are reviewed as well as approaches to weaning opioids when safety is a concern or are of limited benefit. Knowing when to refer is a component of good care and this will also be discussed. Integration of the biopsychosocial model in consideration of developing an approach to care is integrated into the module. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners or speakers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	Intimate Partner Violence - Best Practices in Intimate Partner Response (Session 2)
	**Webcast** Intimate partner violence (IPV) has only become more widely accepted as a healthcare issue within the last several years and is a prevalent health challenge. With limited time and resources, integrating IPV into primary care can be challenging for many healthcare providers. A crucial step in IPV management in outpatient care should increase knowledge and awareness and provide effective resources for addressing the health and safety impacts of IPV. Better identification, screening and management of IPV allows healthcare clinicians to provide optimal care and improve health outcomes for the survivor. Join us for three comprehensive webinars that will provide overall IPV education, screening tools, reporting requirements, resources and more. (Expiration date with potential for renewal: June 30, 2025.) None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
	Intimate Partner Violence - Creating a Culture of Care for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (Session 3)
	**Webcast** Intimate partner violence (IPV) has only become more widely accepted as a healthcare issue within the last several years and is a prevalent health challenge. With limited time and resources, integrating IPV into primary care can be challenging for many healthcare providers. A crucial step in IPV management in outpatient care should increase knowledge and awareness and provide effective resources for addressing the health and safety impacts of IPV. Better identification, screening and management of IPV allows healthcare clinicians to provide optimal care and improve health outcomes for the survivor. Join us for three comprehensive webinars that will provide overall IPV education, screening tools, reporting requirements, resources and more. (Expiration date with potential for renewal: June 30, 2025.) None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
	Self-Study: Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness
	** Self-Study ** The guide will provide an overview of current approaches and challenges to supporting older adults with severe mental illness in recovery. Current effectiveness of various evidence-based practices and a guide to implementing coordinated care will be reviewed. Providers will learn explore considerations and strategies when working with interdisciplinary teams that can best support older adults with serious mental illness.
	Self-Study: Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence
	** Self-Study ** The articles provided in this program will review types of domestic violence, signs and symptoms, screening and referrals and important considerations for treatment planning when domestic violence and substance use are involved. Crisis and safety planning best practices will also be explored.
	Self-Study: Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Health Disorders
	** Self-Study ** This guide goes through prevention strategies, updates on the latest research and statistics when it comes to HIV among people with substance use and mental health disorders, and go into evidence-based treatments for this population. Resources for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment will also be discussed.
	Self-Study: Treating Concurrent Substance Use in Adults
	** Self-Study ** This program will review the Evidence Based Resource Guide for Treating Concurrent Substance Use in Adults. This guide will look at the statistics and treads, potential outcomes and specific needs of individuals using more than one substance. Considerations and strategies for adding concurrent substance use (CDU) and concurrent substance use disorders (CSUD) will be explored.
	DEA* Addiction In Primary Care - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This course will review the current state of substance use disorder in North Carolina, review the guidelines for screening for substance use disorder and discuss tools for screening and diagnosing opioid use disorder. Discussion on UNC’s clinic's journey to embed OUD treatment in primary care while highlighting QI principles as a tool to effect practice change. Finally, case discussions will be presented to teach the application of harm reduction in primary care opioid use disorder treatment along with providing practical resource tools to provide MOUD in primary care. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Treating Chronic Pain and Addiction - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This lecture reviews the strategies available for treatment of patients with both chronic pain as well as opioid use disorder and explores best practices in non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment, including the use of opioid analgesics. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Responding to Pediatric Substance Use - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This session will review national and NC youth substance use trends, provide an overview of pediatric screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment algorithm with specific focus on approaches to brief interventions. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* The End of a Bygone Era: Removal of the X-wavier. Next Steps in Buprenorphine Prescribing - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This presentation will discuss the opioid epidemic and it’s impact in North Carolina, plus focus on how the changes in the illicit drug supply has impacted treatment for opioid use disorder. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Understanding the Impacts of Stigma: Substance Use Disorder - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will discuss the impacts of stigma relating to Substance Use Disorder (SUD). *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Addiction and Mental Illness - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** The presentation addresses epidemiology and causal relationships involved in co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Recommendations are provided regarding clinical management and communicating effectively with patients experiencing these co-morbidities. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* The Impact of Stigma and Bias on Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will educate providers on common stigmas patients experience when seeking treatment for substance abuse. Providers will also learn about how systemic biases lead to disparate treatment outcomes and begin to discuss different ways providers can intervene to promote equitable treatment. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Current State of MOUD Access - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will provide information on the recent federal changes to prescribing buprenorphine, access issues at the community pharmacy level and strategies for prescribing. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	Adolescent Health and NC Law
	** Webcast ** The purpose of this webinar is to provide current information about NC Public Health Law as it pertains to issues such as consent and confidentiality for adolescent health care. Topics will include the types of health services for which a minor can consent, the confidentiality of a minor’s health information, mandatory reporting requirements for healthcare professionals to include legal responsibilities for reporting suspected adolescent abuse and more. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Introduction to NC Public Health Law
	** Webcast ** This webinar will provide an introduction to North Carolina Public Health Law. Key topics will include public health legal authority and explain “police power”, public health laws and resources, enforcement of public health laws, identify and explain the NC laws that give legal authority to public health officials. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Perinatal Substance Use and Maternal Health
	** Webcast ** This training will provide an overview of perinatal substance use, potential fetal and maternal impacts of substance use during pregnancy, and evidence-based tools for engagement in substance use treatment in the perinatal period. Participants will leave the session with a better understanding of how to approach and engage perinatal clients that are using substances.
	Recorded: Navigating the Road to Relief: Empowering Providers to Guide Chronic Pain Patients
	** Webcast ** This interactive program provides professionals with hands-on tools and insights to support chronic pain management for their patients. Over a focused, one-hour session, participants will dive into the latest research and the biopsychosocial approach to pain through engaging activities, real-world case studies, and visual diagrams to reinforce learning. Providers will leave equipped with evidence-based strategies, practical interventions, and enhanced understanding, ready to apply these tools in a collaborative, multidisciplinary care setting. Attendees will leave with knowledge and tools to effectively support patients with chronic pain through a multidisciplinary, mind-body approach.
	Nursing as a Profession: Nurse Coach
	** Webcast ** featuring Abby Kent, BSN, RN, NC-BC Nurse Coaching is a skilled, purposeful, results-oriented, and structured relationship-centered, interaction-based role with clients based in the precepts of Holistic Nursing wherein clients are facilitated in achieving health-focused goals. Are you wondering if becoming a Nurse Coach is where you want to take your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Abby Kent to learn all about Nurse Coaching! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Abby Kent, BSN, RN, NC-BC - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: School Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Christy Ruff, BSN, RN, NCSN School Nursing! A school nurse is a nursing specialty that supports health and wellness of students and supports their learning. Are you considering school nursing as your next step in your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Christy Ruff to learn all about being a school nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Christy Ruff, BSN, RN, NCSN - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Quality Nurse Specialist
	** Webcast ** featuring Amy Campbell, PhD, RN, CPHQ, LSBB Quality Nursing! A quality nurse, also known as a quality nurse specialist or quality improvement nurse, is a registered nurse who focuses on analyzing and improving the quality of patient care within a healthcare facility by monitoring clinical practices, identifying areas for improvement, implementing changes, and evaluating their effectiveness. Are you thinking about quality nursing as your next step? If so, join me in this conversation with Dr. Amy Campbell to learn all about being a quality nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Amy Campbell, PhD, RN, CPHQ, LSBB - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Public Health Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Krystle Vinson, DNP, RN, CPHN Public Health Nursing! A public health nurse is a nursing specialty that supports the 3 P’s - Protecting the health of populations, Promoting health, & Preventing disease. Are you considering public health nursing in North Carolina as your next step in your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Dr. Krystle Vinson to learn all about being a public health nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Krystle Vinson, DNP, RN, CPHN - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Inpatient Obstetric Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Jamie Wilson, BSN, RNC-OB Inpatient Obstetric Nursing is a specialty that provides direct nursing care to hospitalized pregnant women during the antepartum, intrapartum (labor), immediate postpartum and newborn stages. Did you enjoy your maternity rotation in nursing school? Are you thinking about obstetric nursing as your next step? If so, join me in this conversation with Jamie Wilson to learn all about being an Inpatient Obstetrics Nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Jamie Wilson, BSN, RNC-OB - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
	** Self-Study ** This program will review the SAMHSA Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Evidence Based Resource Guide Series. The goal of this guide is to review the literature on the effectiveness of telehealth modalities for the treatment of serious mental illness and substance use disorders and explore the research and recommendations for practices. Examples of how practitioners can implement into their practice will also be reviewed.
	Core Orientation
	This is the Student and Faculty Core Orientation which is developed and maintained by the NC Consortiums for Clinical Education and Practice. This presentation includes common orientation information/concepts required by healthcare agencies for faculty and students participating in clinical experiences in North Carolina.
	Mental Health & Substance Use 101: What Every Helper Needs to Know - * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	** Webcast ** This program will provide an overview of mental health and substance use disorders for non-clinicians. Signs and symptoms, common behavioral concerns, and crisis behaviors will be reviewed. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of mental health and substance use concerns so that they can recognize and refer for additional support services when needed.
	Understanding Substance Abuse among Teenagers: A Guide for School Nurses - * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	This professional development session is designed specifically for school nurses to enhance their understanding and response to substance abuse among adolescents. The session explores the complexities of teenage substance use, beginning with a foundational overview of substance abuse, including definitions, prevalence, and common substances used by teens today. School nurses will learn to recognize key signs and symptoms of substance abuse and gain insight into the risk factors and underlying causes that contribute to adolescent vulnerability. The session highlights the critical and multifaceted role school nurses play in early identification, intervention, and support for affected students. By the end of this session, school nurses will learn about evidence-based treatment and be prepared to identify and refer students at risk for substance abuse. School nurses will also gain an understanding of the type of treatment typically indicated in this age-group to better support students coming back to school after SUD treatment. To receive nursing contact hours, participants must attend at 100% of the activity. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded. Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. None of the planners or speaker for this educational activity have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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