A Virtual Symposium: Legal Considerations of Disability Healthcare
June 9th 9:00AM - 3:00PM
The symposium will offer a unique collaborative opportunity to increase the understanding of the healthcare experiences and needs of individuals with disabilities among healthcare professionals, to build capacity to provide accessible, high-quality, and culturally humble healthcare for people with disabilities.
Designed for primary care providers, clinical staff, public health nurses, behavioral healthcare providers, social workers, allied health professionals, and community health workers.
Learn how to provide accessible and inclusive healthcare for people with disabilities!
Symposium Topics:
- Discussion of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in healthcare settings.
- Various options for guardianship and shared decision-making that families might be utilizing.
- Practical strategies to improve accessibility in rural healthcare environments.
- Lived-experience perspectives of parents and self-advocates, highlighting real-world barriers and opportunities for improving healthcare access and quality.
Learn more and register for the symposium by scanning the QR code or visiting our registration page.
Free Book for First 100 Registrants!
The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) will be giving the first 100 people who register a free copy of the book The Spirit Catches You, and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman.
This book examines the cultural clash between a Hmong refugee family and the American
healthcare system and is widely read as a key account of the Hmong experience in the
United States.
Free CME and CNE Credits Available!
CME
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation
requirements and policies of the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of
University of Wyoming and Cheyenne Regional
Medical Center. Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Colorado Medical
Society to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center designates this presentation for a maximum of (5.0)
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should
claim only the credit that commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing NCPD
- 5.0 Contact hours will be awarded upon attendance of the entire activity and completion of the evaluation
- There is no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible organization for anyone with the ability to control content of this activity.
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses.
Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
