Course Accreditation Information

Improving Adherence in Diverse Populations is jointly provided by Cine-Med, Inc., Tufts University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education and Quality Interactions.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Our distribution platform for learning content and courses are:

• 100% Web based
• All major up-to-date Internet browsers supported
• Access via mobile device
• Some courses require Adobe Flash 8 plug-in or newer
• JavaScript enabled
• May need to disable pop-up blockers if they interfere with the course

• Original Release Date: October 15, 2013
• Last Review Date: December 10, 2018
• Expiration Date: December 31, 2020

• Estimated time to complete this activity: 1 hour
• There is no fee for this activity

Program Faculty, Planning Committee, and Reviewers

• Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH; Founder; Director, The Disparities Solutions Center; Senior Scientist, The Mongan Institute for Health Policy; Director of Multicultural Education, Multicultural Affairs Office, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH; Founder; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Theme on Health Equity and Cross-Cultural Care, Harvard Medical School; Senior Scientist, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital
• J. Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH; Founder; Senior Faculty, Disparities Solutions Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH
• Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH
• Paul Abourjaily, PharmD, BCPS (reviewer)
• Kate Chai-Onn, Director of Content Development, Quality Interactions
• Megan Bedford, Director of Marketing & Communications, Quality Interactions

Target Audience

Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Primary Care Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Residents, Fellows, Medical Students, and Health Plan Employees.

Activity Goal

The goal of this interactive activity is to provide learners with common clinical and cross-cultural scenarios that build a framework of knowledge and skills for delivering quality care to diverse patient populations.

Learner Objectives - At the conclusion of the activity, learners will be able to:

• Identify how non-adherence impacts diverse populations, and contributes to racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare.
• Explain the basic strategies to manage cross-cultural barriers to adherence.
• Apply the ESFT Model™ to improve patient adherence.
• Implement the concepts and skills of improving adherence for diverse populations with real patients in your day-to-day practice.

This activity is designed to address the following ABMS competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, and Interpersonal Communication Skills.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Cine-Med, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Quality Interactions. Cine-Med 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.

Pharmacists

This activity has been accredited for 0.10 CEU (1 credit hour) of continuing education credit.

Type of continuing pharmacy education: application-based

Requirements for Successful Completion

To receive contact hours, participants must register, view the entire course content, complete the evaluation, and successfully complete the post-test with a minimum score of 70%. Contact hours will be issued through a NABP-managed online tracking system, CPE Monitor.

All pharmacists licensed in the United States and wishing to obtain ACPE credit are required to submit the following: NABP e-Profile ID and the month/day of birth in a four-digit format, e.g., January 5 = 0105 when they register for the course.

Disclosures

All faculty, course directors, planning committee members, and others in a position to control the content of an educational activity are required to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests. The ACCME defines a commercial interest as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  Relevant financial relationships are financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past12 months that create a conflict of interest. Conflicts of interest resulting from a relevant financial relationship are resolved prior to the activity during the content review. All Cine-Med employees and TUSM OCE staff in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships with an ACCME-defined commercial interest to disclose.

The following individuals have no relevant financial relationship to report in the last 12 months with an ACCME-defined commercial interest: Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH, Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH, J. Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH, Paul Abourjaily, PharmD, BCPS, Kate Chai-Onn, Megan Bedford.

Commercial Support

There is no commercial support for this activity.

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CE Questions
For question regarding certification, please contact Cine-Med’s- Office of Continuing Education at 800-253-7657.
For technical help, please contact Quality Interactions at help@qualityinteractions.com.
For other questions, please contact Tufts University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education (TUSM OCE):

Email: med-oce@tufts.edu / Phone: 617-636-6579.