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Docs for Health: Considering Social and Structural Determinants in Medical Care
Program Release: March 17, 2022
Expiration Date: March 17, 2024
Estimated time to complete: 33 Minutes
There are no prerequisites for participation.
Speaker
Rahul Vanjani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Brown Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island
Overview
Although physicians are increasingly aware of the impact of social and structural determinants of health on their patients’ well-being, they may feel under-resourced and powerless to help, and constrained by the competing
demands that arise during a typical medical encounter. The societal-level causes of structural racism, poverty, and other drivers of inequity can leave the generalist feeling helpless and resigned to focusing on the narrowly
biomedical aspects of care. Failing to address contextual factors, however, can render strictly biomedical interventions ineffective. Physicians can, in fact, have an impact if they have the tools. Docs for Health (DFH) is a
website with prepared forms and letters in six categories for advocating for and assigning patients in areas related to criminalization, housing, immigration, income support and transportation. It empowers physicians to assist patients
in accessing resources and other sources of community support to address contextual factors complicating their care. This presentation is designed to provide participants with both a scaffold for identifying contextual factors during a
medical encounter and a practical resource that can aid in addressing them.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for all licensed and practicing physicians.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the learner should be better able to:
- Describe why providers are uniquely positioned to address particular social and structural determinants of health.
- Understand how to navigate Docs for Health, what resources are available, and how to find specific forms and letters.
- Identify applicable forms and letters through case examples and consider how to screen for relevant SDOH.
Method of Participation and How to Receive CME Credit
There are no fees for participating in and receiving credit for this activity.
- Review the activity objectives, faculty information, and CME information prior to participating in the activity.
- View the CME presentation recording
- Complete the CME activity evaluation at the conclusion of the activity in order to receive a credit certificate.
Faculty Disclosure
The Warren Alpert Medical School is committed to presenting CME activities that promote improvements and/or quality in health care and are developed free of the control of ineligible companies (formerly known as a commercial interest).It is our policy to ensure that our activities are balanced, independent, objective, scientific, and in compliance with ACCME and other regulatory requirements.
Anyone who is in a position to control the content of a CME presentation is required to disclose all financial relationships within the past 24 months with ineligible companies. This collected disclosure information has been reviewed and any potential conflicts of interested mitigated prior to the activity.
This activity may include discussion of off-label or investigative drugs uses. Speakers are aware that it is their responsibility to disclose to the audience this information.
Faculty Disclosure/Conflict of Interest
The following speakers and planning committee members* have disclosed the following:
Rahul Vanjani, MD has no financial relationships to disclose.
Emily Green*, PhD, MA receives royalties from Springer Nature.
Jennifer Maloney*, Chelsea Reyes*, Maria Sullivan, BS* have no financial relationships to disclose.
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This program qualifies for .50 hours of CME Credit in Cultural Awareness, one of the required areas of section 6.0; 6.2.1 RI CME re-licensure requirements.
Available Credit
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 0.50 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.