Connecticut 6 Hour Physician Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- HIV/AIDS Update for Clinicians 1Course release date: 10/1/2021
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians (MD/DOs), physician
assistants, and nurse practitioners.
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to update physicians on the current status and epidemiology of the HIV pandemic in the United States and provide information on the most recent guidelines regarding screening, testing, and managing persons living with HIV and the barriers that prevent optimal care in the primary care setting.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page - Improving Access to Care for LGBTQ Patients 2
Course release date: 3/1/2022
Review date: 9/21/2024
Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians (MD/DO), physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to help improve care and health outcomes of the LGBTQ population by recognizing the existing disparities and increased health risks present in this population. This course will examine system and provider/client barriers to equality in healthcare.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) information can be viewed here: MOC Recognition Page - Intimate Partner Violence: Compassionate Care, Effective Assessment 2
Course release date: 6/1/2023
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians (MD/DO) and all other health care professionals.
About the course
The purpose of this course is to improve physician understanding of and competence in addressing intimate partner violence in their patient populations. It will provide information on evidence-based screening tools, and instructions for responding in compassionate and effective manners to their affected patients. Instructions for assisting patients in creating safety plans will be reviewed, and suggestions to identify resources helpful to victims of intimate partner violence.
- Responsible Opioid Prescribing Practices 1
Course release date: 10/1/2022
Target Audience
This course is designed for all physicians (MD/DO), physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals who seek to successfully manage pain.“This course will [partially] fulfill the DEA-mandated 8 hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders for DEA licensees renewing on or after June 27, 2023.”
About the Course
The purpose of this activity is to provide clinicians with the strategies for identifying, assessing and responding to patients who may be current or past victims of human trafficking. This details venues for human trafficking, techniques for identifying and assisting victims with referrals to multi-disciplinary professionals.