Pathways To Trust – Stop the Cycle: Preventing Crises and Complications in Sickle Cell Disease
Discover a deeper understanding of Sickle Cell Disease through an engaging, expert-led online webinar designed specifically for physicians. This concise yet impactful session features a presentation by a nationally recognized SCD expert who will share the latest insights on diagnosis, management strategies, and emerging approaches to care. Complementing the clinical perspective, a professional patient advocate will offer a powerful personal testimony, providing real-world context on living with the disease its effects on everyday life and navigating a challenging healthcare system. This unique combination of medical expertise and lived experience delivers practical knowledge you can immediately apply in your practice while strengthening patient-centered care. Additionally, you will witness two scenarios portraying a patient interacting with a provider that will offer actionable insights you can use to take patient care to the next level. Join peers in advancing your understanding and making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients with Sickle Cell Disease.
Key Features
- Sickle Cell Medical expert presentation
- Patient advocate personal testimony
- Patient encounter dramatization
Topics Covered
- Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell Disease
- Multi-organ system complications of sickle cell disease
- Appropriate management of complications and pain
- Current research
- Curative therapies
- Navigating everyday life as a patient with sickle cell
- Challenges to treatment compliance
Learning Objectives
- Identify unconscious bias in the healthcare system and providers’ perceptions of patients of color
- Employ appropriate pain management therapy
- Identify impact of SCD on psychological/emotional health, social/professional/financial stability, and impact of social determinants of health on treatment compliance
- Identify resources in the healthcare system and community, as well as organizations that can promote positive outcomes
Target Audience
Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners
Additional credit info
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Pathways To Trust. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine 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.
Credit Designation
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.5 contact hours.