Diversity and Disparities PIA: The Basics of Understanding Evidence Based Research (CME, Psychology CE)
Release: March 28, 2025
Expiration: March 28, 2027
Description
Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the Alzheimer’s Association.
This Basics webinar will provide educational content from experts in the field of Alzheimer’s and dementia research. Sessions will include a 20-minute primer presentation, quiz and Q&A. Researchers and healthcare professionals do not have strategies and guidelines to conduct equitable health research practices. A forum is needed to lay the foundation for the importance of health and gender equality so that strategies and guidelines for equitable health research practices can be developed.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for biochemists, geriatric psychiatrists, geriatric specialists, molecular and cell biologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, primary care physicians, physician assistants, psychiatrists, psychologists, and radiologists involved in the research and/or care of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
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Describe the importance of health and gender equality
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Develop strategies and guidelines to conduct equitable health research practices.
- Practice critical thinking, engage in higher order discussions, encourage multiple perspectives while respecting other peoples opinions and ideas, construct logical arguments and effectively problem-solve while being gender equitable
Planning Committee and Faculty
Arshia Khan, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Computer Science
Patricia Khashayar, MD, Ph.D, MBA
Director, International Institute for Biosensing (IIB)
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
Planners and Managers: The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The Alzheimer’s Association planners and managers have nothing to disclose.
Faculty Disclosures: None
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Alzheimer's Association. 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
Physicians
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Psychologist Education
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Credit Designation
This program offers 0.5 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.