No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity.

 

No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

 

Satisfactory Completion  

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must attend the entire activity as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.   

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Psychwire.  Amedco LLC 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.

Amedco LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 8.00 ANCC contact hours.

Psychologists (APA) Credit Designation

 

This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and Psychwire. Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 8.00 hours.

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Counselors: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

MI: No CE requirements

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (outstate held), OK*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
* OK accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities. For all ethics and/or online courses, an application is required.

MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review. 

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY

Social Workers (ASWB) Credit DesignationA

s a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course. Social Workers completing this course receive 8.00 GENERAL continuing education credits.

 

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE,  NH, NM, NV, OH, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV*, WY

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK*, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

* AL: Activities without NBCC approval may be approved upon receipt of documentation prior to the activity BEFORE the event.  No approvals afterward by the board.

*MI:No CE requirement

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

*MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review. 

*MI:No CE requirement
* OK accepts ASWB ACE for live, in-person activities. For all ethics and/or online courses, application is required.

The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY

 

Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 8.00 hours.

 

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0061. 8.00 hours.

 

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0032. 8.00 hours.

 

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 8.00 hours.

 

Objectives - After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To

1. Describe how to manage your own emotional reactions to suicidal patients, with the aims of approaching patients with calm and compassion, establishing a shared perspective about suicide concerns, and offering the patient realistic hope for recovery.

2. Identify and reconcile the difference and potential conflict between the clinician’s goal to prevent suicide and the client’s goal to eliminate psychological pain via suicidal behavior.

3. Demonstrate the skills of asking questions to elicit each unique patient’s suicidal ideation, behavior, and plans.

4. Develop a clinical judgment of the patient’s short- and long-term suicide risk in relation to their own history, and others of similar circumstance.

5. Discuss a collaborative treatment and services plan that addresses risk for suicide including reassessment for suicide risk during treatment and a collaborative safety plan.

 

The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco.  All of these relationships were treated as a conflict of interest, and have been resolved.  (C7 SCS 6.1-­‐6.2, 6.5) 

 

All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed below.

Name/Commercial Interest:Relationship
Patti Clark/NA
Tracey Dawyduk/EDC: Speakers Bureau
Caroline Elliot/NA
Barb Gay/NA
Julie Goldstein/NA
Kira Hudson/NA
Ashley Loucek/NA
Chloe Moushey/NA
Kurtis O'Brien/NA
Aoife Richardson/NA
Josephine Ridley/NA

Hannah Ruggles/NA
Jo Shultz/NA
Jan Ulrich/NA
Kim Walton/NA
Tony Watkins/NA
Beck Whipple/NA