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2023 Long COVID’s Impact on Patients, Workers, & Society: A review
Four credit hours for Physician - Category I AMA Credits and
4 credit hours from the
Corresponding Kentucky Board Accreditation, Dentistry, Physical
Therapy, Respiratory, Occupational Therapy, EMS, and Nursing (4.8 hrs).
Southern Kentucky AHEC Course: (Accredited through Dec. 31, 2024)
https://sokyahec.thinkific.com
/courses/longcovidimpact
2022 Frontline Worker Safety in the Age of COVID-19:
A Global
Perspective
Physician - Category I AMA Credits and Corresponding Kentucky Board
Accreditation: Nursing, Dentistry, Physical Therapy, Respiratory and
Occupational Therapy. Approximately 6 credit hours.
Southern Kentucky AHEC Course: (Accredited through Dec. 31, 2023)
https://sokyahec.thinkific.com
/courses/frontline-worker-enduring
ANCC approval
for 6.0 Credit Hours (total for two 3 hour enduring courses). (Accredited through
Sept. 13, 2024)
2022 ANCC CEU Course Part 1 (healthwatchusa.net)
2022 ANCC CEU Course Part 2 (healthwatchusa.net)
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Introduction: Kevin T.
Kavanagh, MD, MS, Board Chairman Health Watch USA
 Jonathan
Fluxman, LRCP, MRCS,
Covid Lead for Doctors in Unite (DiU), and a member of the
Covid Pledge Campaign in the UK. Presentation:
"An Overview of COVID-19 and Long COVID – The UK Inquiry."
View CV/Bio
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Paul
Conway, Chair of Policy & Global Affairs, American
Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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Presentation: "Navigating COVID-19: How Kidney Patients Have
Taken Responsibility to Protect Themselves."
View CV/Bio
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 Kaitlin
Sundling, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pathology.
Presentation: "Impacts of COVID-19 in Pathology and Cancer
Care."
View CV/Bio
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 Sally
Witcher, PhD, MSc, Director of the Inclusive
New Normal, a social enterprise working to drive forward
learning arising through the Covid-19 pandemic.
View CV/Bio
 JaneOrmerod, Chair of Long COVID Scotland.
View CV/Bio
Presentation: "Long COVID In Scotland."
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_small.jpg) Jacqueline
H Becker, PhD clinical neuropsychologist and health
services researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine.
Presentation: "Overview of the Impacts of Long COVID on
Behavioral Health."
View CV/Bio
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 Matthias
Maiwald, MD Senior Consultant and the Head of
Service, Microbiology, at KK Women's and Children's
Hospital, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National
University of Singapore, and at Duke-National University of
Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore.
Presentation: "Irregular reemergence of pathogens after
lifting of pandemic restrictions"
View CV/Bio
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 Kevin
T. Kavanagh, MD. Board Chairman Health Watch USA.
Presenting "Source Control Key to Prevent Spread of
Infectious Diseases" and "Vaccines, COVID-19 and Long
COVID."
View CV/Bio
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Conference
Objectives/Outcomes
After completion of the program, 90% of learners will
be able to:
- Describe ways to prevent spread of airborne
pathogens.
- Discuss misinformation and how it has impacted
the spread of disease & vaccinations.
- Identify the impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare
access for high risk patients.
- Recognize the pandemic’s impact regarding
delayed diagnosis and missed preventative care.
Conference Objectives:
- To better diagnoses and
recognize the multiple presentations of Long COVID,
including
behavioral health implications
- To be able discuss with patients the importance of
preventing COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.
- To combat patient misinformation regarding vaccines
and the risks of COVID and Long COVID.
- To identify and reschedule patients who missed disease
screenings during the pandemic.
- To discuss how COVID-19 is spread through the air by a
continuum of particle sizes.
- To discuss with office staff other health care
professionals strategies to prevent the spread of
respiratory pathogens including use of N95 masks and
improvement in indoor ventilation.
- To better discuss with patients the benefits and need
for vaccinations.
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AMA PRA Cat I CME and CEUs
Provided at No-Charge
 Southern Kentucky AHEC
The following educational credits have been approved or applied for the following healthcare
specialites:
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Physician/Nursing Home Administrator:
“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 Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center
(AHEC), Massachusetts Nurses Association, and Health
Watch USA. Southern KY AHEC is accredited by the
Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.”
(Total Approved Hours: 4.0)
The Southern KY Area Health Education Center is
accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) to
provide continuing medical education for physicians. The
Southern KY Area Health Education Center designates this
live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
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PA/Nurse Practitioner: This program has been
approved by the Southern KY AHEC for Category 1 credit.
Non-Physician attendance will be awarded.
(Total Approved Hours: 4.0)
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KBN (Kentucky Board of Nursing) Approval:
Rockcastle Regional Hospital, Inc. has been
approved as a provider of continuing
education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN).
Provider #4-0059-12-24-081. Expiration Date: December
31, 2024. “Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an
individual nursing education program does not constitute
endorsement of program content.”
Total approved hours: 4.8
This course will outline strategies and imperatives
which need to be implemented in healthcare settings
during the endemic phase of COVID-19. These include the
protection of vulnerable patients, the combatting of
misinformation, the understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 is
spread, the promotion of improved indoor ventilation,
the use of N95 masks and the encouragement of
vaccinations.
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Physical Therapy: This course has been
approved by the Kentucky Physical Therapy Association
for continued competency requirements.
(Total Approved Hours: 4.0)
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EMS: This program has been approved by
the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services for
credit. (Total Approved
Hours: 4.0)
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Respiratory: This program has been
approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care.
(Total Approved Hours: 4.0)
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Occupational Therapy: This program has
been approved for four hours of continuing educaiton by
the the Kentucky Board of Licensure for
Occupational Therapy.
(Total Approved Hours: 4.0)
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Jonathan
Fluxman, LRCP, MRCS,
Covid Lead for Doctors in Unite (DiU), and a member of the
Covid Pledge Campaign in the UK. Presentation:
"An Overview of COVID-19 and Long COVID – The UK Inquiry."
Kaitlin
Sundling, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pathology.
Presentation: "Impacts of COVID-19 in Pathology and Cancer
Care." 
Sally
Witcher, PhD, MSc, Director of the Inclusive
New Normal, a social enterprise working to drive forward
learning arising through the Covid-19 pandemic.
JaneOrmerod, Chair of Long COVID Scotland. .jpg)
Jacqueline
H Becker, PhD clinical neuropsychologist and health
services researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine.
Presentation: "Overview of the Impacts of Long COVID on
Behavioral Health."
Matthias
Maiwald, MD Senior Consultant and the Head of
Service, Microbiology, at KK Women's and Children's
Hospital, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National
University of Singapore, and at Duke-National University of
Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore.
Presentation: "Irregular reemergence of pathogens after
lifting of pandemic restrictions" 
Kevin
T. Kavanagh, MD. Board Chairman Health Watch USA.
Presenting "Source Control Key to Prevent Spread of
Infectious Diseases" and "Vaccines, COVID-19 and Long
COVID."