Better Together: Ensuring Equity in Healthcare through Inter-Professional Education and Practice
Better Together
Learn about interprofessional education and practice through this in-person Continuing Education activity, jointly provided by Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island! Learn about various systems of oppression in healthcare that impact the social mission in health professional education while gaining knowledge of the efforts among health professional trainees to resist these structures and reform health professional training.
Registration includes lunch and contact hours for nurses, social workers, and dental health professionals!
Learning Outcomes
- As a result of this activity, learners will agree that the program has enhanced and validated their practice in working interprofessionally with members of the healthcare team.
Accreditation and Credit Designation
- Nursing – This nursing continuing professional development activity is provided by the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for 2.5 nursing contact hour. CCRI is approved as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- Dental Professionals – This program qualifies for 2.5 continuing education credit through the Community College of Rhode Island, a CODA-accredited institution.
- Social Work - This program has been submitted for social work contact hours.
Relevant Financial Relationships and Commercial Interest
- This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of an Ineligible company with whom there is a financial relationship. No individuals in a position to control content for this activity have any relevant financial relationships to declare.
- There is no commercial support being received for this activity.
Jointly Provided Activity
- This activity is being jointly provided by Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island.
Criteria for Successful Completion
- Participants must attend at least 90% of the in-person learning activity.
- Upon completion of this activity, participants must complete a post-course evaluation