PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Overview
2010 Course Descriptions - Northern California
2010 Course Descriptions - Southern California
Application Process
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OVERVIEW
Our Professional Development Program is intended to meet the needs of employees who are required to earn Continuing Education Units to maintain their license or certificate. The program also is available to those who may want to further develop their skills or acquire new certification within their classification. Currently, we are offering courses for Nurses, Behavioral Health professionals, dietitians and others. Course offerings may include the following: CEN Review, CCRN Review, ER Update, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Anxiety Disorders, Law and Ethics, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Diabetes for Dietitians. New courses are being added all the time. Please check often.
APPLICATION PROCESS
We are now accepting applications for the Spring 2010 courses.
> View Spring 2010 Catalog
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> Download the Spring 2010 Application
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> Call 866.804.2250 Toll Free or 213.401.3000 for more information.
Please note: Space is limited. Application doesn't guarantee acceptance. Eligible applicants are accepted on a first come-first served basis. You must fill out an application for courses and be contacted by our staff to confirm your acceptance. Walk-in's are not allowed and will be turned away at the door.
2010 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS - Northern California
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Six Hour Workshop for Behavioral Health professionals
Despite its frequency of occurrence in clinical practice and the fact that effective treatments have been established for it, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is still a poorly recognized and inexpertly treated disorder. Clinical trials have established that both Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT) and medications—separately and together—have efficacy for this disorder. This introductory course will provide an understanding of OCD in its myriad presentations as well as best practices for providing psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, or a combination of both.
This program is sponsored by Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc.
Radiology: Risky Business
In today’s patient focused healthcare environment being just a “technical expert” isn’t good enough! In order to “survive and thrive” in today’s litigious medical environment technologist must expand their knowledge and role in medical legal issues, quality assurance, quality management, patient satisfaction, effective communication, and the inescapable quality standards of acceptability in imaging. As technology evolves it is transforming the delivery of medical services. With this change complex legal issues are becoming more common. Join us in looking at the legal issues raised by this medical revolution and the adaptation of old laws to meet new realities. You will find that the ability to communicate combined with the knowledge of your scope of practice is the best defense. Don’t be liable; be knowledgeable! Course Topics • That Couldn’t Happen to Me! Medical Legal Issues in Radiology • Medical Law • Identifying Risk in Imaging • Professional Ethics • Real Case Scenarios • Quality Assurance/Quality Management: That’s not my job! • Components of a Quality Assurance Program • Patient Focused Communication • Patient Satisfaction; Patients, Clients Customers!
This course is approved by ARRT and the State of California for 8 hours of continuing education credit through the Advanced Health Education Center.
Acute Pediatric Respiratory Illnesses
For Respiratory Therapists
Participants in this course will learn how to name the three classifications of “croup”, identify causative agents, describe initial symptoms and identify clues for diagnosing croup, epiglottitis, asthma, bronchiolitis and acute bronchitis. This course will also cover and pneumonia the history of onset of epiglottitis, respiratory care modalities and treatments are most beneficial to the pediatric patient in the treatment of various respiratory illnesses and recommended pediatric dosages for albuterol and ipratropium bromide.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number # 08593 for 8 contact hours.
Stress Management Multidisciplinary Workshop - Oakland
This workshop will feature doctors, psychologists and dietitians speaking about stress management techniques for patients, self-care, positive mind body diet and other relevant topics.
This workshop will offer BRN, APA, BBS and ADA approved continuing education credit though Psycho-Legal Associates. Psycholegal Associates is applying for ADA accreditation for this course.
2010 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS - Southern California
Traumatology III
This program addresses the management of the particular risks associated with the assessment and treatment of individuals claiming trauma histories. Malpractice and licensing board cases arising from risk management problems will be presented and preventive strategies, including informed consent, record-keeping, choice of treatment options and treatment management will be discussed. Attention will be focused on assessing suggestibility, assessing resilience and assessing hypnotic capacity.
Infectious Disease Update
The purpose of the seminar is to enhance awareness of the latest epidemiologic information on new diseases and vaccines and new technologies and innovative concepts that are key to the skills needed by Health Care Providers (HCP) in various settings to prevent infections and infection-associated-adverse events. This conference will provide a forum for learning through sessions on: 1) Adult Immunizations, especially as they relate to those providing health care and for patients recently discharged from the hospital setting 2) Influenza: epidemiology of seasonal, pandemic H1N1 and avian influenza with a focus on important aspects for HCP 3) Epidemiology, prevention and control of healthcare-associated multi-drug resistant organisms (i.e. methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) 4) Description of CDC’s campaign to prevent antimicrobial resistance 5) Interesting hospital outbreaks relating to hospital procedures gone wrong 6) Guidance for the selection and use of personal protective equipment in health care settings in order to prevent transmission of infectious agents.
Psycho-Legal Associates, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 11769, for 6.5 contact hours per day.
Perinatal Review and Updates
Does the mere thought of you having to care for the high risk OB patient give you morning sickness? Obstetrics is a highly specialize area of medicine that is very unique in its delivery of care to both the mother and fetus. For those health care professionals that do not have an Obstetric background the care of the pregnant patient can be confusing and at times, down-right terrifying! This Obstetric seminar will focus on the physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, the assessment of the mom and fetus and management of high-risk obstetric conditions until the patient can be stabilized and transported to a higher level of care.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 2322 for 8 contact hours.
Radiology: Risky Business
In today’s patient focused healthcare environment being just a “technical expert” isn’t good enough! In order to “survive and thrive” in today’s litigious medical environment technologist must expand their knowledge and role in medical legal issues, quality assurance, quality management, patient satisfaction, effective communication, and the inescapable quality standards of acceptability in imaging. As technology evolves it is transforming the delivery of medical services. With this change complex legal issues are becoming more common. Join us in looking at the legal issues raised by this medical revolution and the adaptation of old laws to meet new realities. You will find that the ability to communicate combined with the knowledge of your scope of practice is the best defense. Don’t be liable; be knowledgeable! Course Topics • That Couldn’t Happen to Me! Medical Legal Issues in Radiology • Medical Law • Identifying Risk in Imaging • Professional Ethics • Real Case Scenarios • Quality Assurance/Quality Management: That’s not my job! • Components of a Quality Assurance Program • Patient Focused Communication • Patient Satisfaction; Patients, Clients Customers!
This course is approved by ARRT and the State of California for 8 hours of continuing education credit through the Advanced Health Education Center.
Acute Pediatric Respiratory Illnesses for respiratory therapists
Participants in this course will learn how to name the three classifications of “croup”, identify causative agents, describe initial symptoms and identify clues for diagnosing croup, epiglottitis, asthma, bronchiolitis and acute bronchitis. This course will also cover and pneumonia the history of onset of epiglottitis, respiratory care modalities and treatments are most beneficial to the pediatric patient in the treatment of various respiratory illnesses and recommended pediatric dosages for albuterol and ipratropium bromide.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number # 08593 for 8 contact hours.
Depression A Multidisciplinary Workshop
This workshop will cover multiple aspects of depression. The day will start with an overview of depression and will move on to topics such as untreated depression, identifying depressed patients in primary care settings, pharmacology updates, untreated depression, facilitating patient adherence with treatment and new options in the treatment of depression.
This workshop will offer BRN, APA, BBS and ADA approved continuing education credit though Psycho-Legal Associates. Psycholegal Associates is applying for ADA acreditation for this course.
