Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center - Physician and Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Onboarding Program

April 12, 2022 to June 1, 2022

The onboarding program will provide newly hired physicians and APPs with knowledge of emerging issues within the healthcare industry and will fill in skill gaps needed to support the changing practice landscape and professionalism expectations.

Target Audience

Nurses

Physicians 

Learning Objectives

1.    Describe the national landscape and emerging issues in providing high-quality, safe, and patient-centered care.
2.    Summarize the basic principles of clinician wellbeing and resilience, the risks of burnout, and the connection between resilience and process improvement.
3.    Discuss practice operations within the health system, to include coding and documentation leading practices, performance evaluation expectations and processes. 
4.    Explain how to navigate the health system setting, with a broader awareness of system mission, strategic priorities, career pathways, and financial issues.
5.    Outline care that reflects leading evidence-based practice in the involvement of patients and families, management of chronic disease, promotion of health equity, and cost-consciousness.
 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 24.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 24.75 ANCC
  • 24.75 General CE – Attendance
Course opens: 
06/01/2022
Course expires: 
06/16/2022
Event starts: 
04/12/2022 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
06/01/2022 - 5:00pm CDT
Live via webinar
United States

Relevant financial relationships: None of the planning committee or the presenters have anything to disclose. 

Planning committee members
Renee Miller, MHA
Sr. Director, Physician and APP Onboarding
Course Director
Vizient

Robert Dean, DO, MBA
SVP, Performance Management
Vizient

Christen Hunt, DNP
Sr. Director, Clinical Team Insights
Vizient approved nurse planner
Vizient

Marly Christenson, PhD
Sr. Dir, Networks
Vizient

Debra McTaggart
Instructional Designer
Vizient

Tina Logsdon, MS
Programmatic Advisor
Vizient

Lynette Kee, MA
Programmatic Advisor
Vizient

Christopher Dinh, MHA
Program Manager
Vizient

Course reviewer
Christen Hunt, DNP
Sr. Director, Clinical Team Insights
Vizient approved nurse planner
Vizient

Local Facilitator

Lynn Motz, DNP 
Assistant Director of Advanced Practice
Transition to Practice/Onboarding Program Lead
Penn State Hershey

Presenters
Julie Cerese, PhD, RN
Group SVP, Performance Management & National Networks
Vizient

Robert Dean, DO, MBA
SVP, Performance Management
Vizient

Thaiz Chanman, MBA, BA
AVP, Culture Change and Organizational Effectiveness
Vizient

Ellen Flynn, JD, MBA, RN
AVP, Programs
Vizient

Kellie Goodson, MS, CPXP
Director, HIIN Delivery
Vizient

Katrina Harper, BCPS, MBA, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Director
Vizient

Angela Hunt, RN, MBA, CCDS
Associate Principal
Vizient

Richard Garrett May, MD
Senior Principal
Vizient

Chris Moreland, BS, MBA
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Advocate
Vizient

Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA
Senior Principal
Vizient

Jennifer Sarno, MSN, ACNP-BC
Programmatic Advisor Director
Vizient

Stephen Swensen, MD, MMM
Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Improvement 
Former Director Leadership and Organizational Development
Mayo Clinic

Tomas Villanueva, DO
AVP, Clinical Resources
Vizient

 

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. 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.

Designation Statements:

NURSING
This activity is designated for a maximum of 24.75 contact hours.

PHYSICIAN
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CEU
Vizient, Inc. will award CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this program. The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training programs that meet certain criteria (1 contact hour = 0.1 CEU).
 

Available Credit

  • 24.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 24.75 ANCC
  • 24.75 General CE – Attendance
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