2025 Avera Compassion Connection

Occurs every 2 months on the 2nd Tuesday starting on 3/11/2025 at 12:00 PM
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 12:00 PM - Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 1:00 PM, Sioux Falls, SD

This multidisciplinary forum is designed to address social and emotional topics healthcare providers are facing to encourage mutual support, collegiality, and shared experiences of compassionate care that allow us to promote personal well-being resulting in better care of our patients and better care of our health system.

1. Promote a culture of wellness to help address moral distress, combat stress and burnout, and restore the joy of medicine.
2. Identify resources available throughout Avera and the community
3. Provide a safe space for Avera colleagues to discuss emotional experiences and process the feelings of guilt, shame, and other psychological impacts that result from the difficult situations clinicians encounter in caring for patients.
4. Improve the delivery of care by engaging clinical professionals to share how they create an exceptional experience when caring for our patients.
5. Foster community and support to enhance our value of Hospitality.
6. Discuss how collaboration with other members of the healthcare team contributes to a holistic approach to patient care

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

In support of improving patient care, Avera 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 Designations:

	This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 IPCE credits for learning and change.
	Medicine CME:  Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
	Nurse CE: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Avera is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 Cultural Competency continuing education credit(s).
	Nursing Facility Administrator: Avera is an approved provider of continuing education for South Dakota through the South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators. This educational activity is approved for 1.00 hour(s) for nursing facility administrators.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

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7/8/2025 12:00:00 PM	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 7/8/2025 7/8/2025 12:00:00 PM 7/8/2025 1:00:00 PM 11 False MM/DD/YYYY	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 7/8/2025 This multidisciplinary forum is designed to address social and emotional topics healthcare providers are facing to encourage mutual support, collegiality, and shared experiences of compassionate care that allow us to promote personal well-being resulting in better care of our patients and better care of our health system.
9/9/2025 12:00:00 PM	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 9/9/2025 9/9/2025 12:00:00 PM 9/9/2025 1:00:00 PM 11 False MM/DD/YYYY	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 9/9/2025 This multidisciplinary forum is designed to address social and emotional topics healthcare providers are facing to encourage mutual support, collegiality, and shared experiences of compassionate care that allow us to promote personal well-being resulting in better care of our patients and better care of our health system.
11/11/2025 12:00:00 PM	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 11/11/2025 11/11/2025 12:00:00 PM 11/11/2025 1:00:00 PM 11 False MM/DD/YYYY	2025 Avera Compassion Connection - 11/11/2025 This multidisciplinary forum is designed to address social and emotional topics healthcare providers are facing to encourage mutual support, collegiality, and shared experiences of compassionate care that allow us to promote personal well-being resulting in better care of our patients and better care of our health system.