Avera Behavioral Health Symposium

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Hilton Garden Inn Downtown, 201 E 8th Street, Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD

Fees:

Non-Avera attendees: $100

Student: $0

Avera employees: $0

The 1st annual Behavioral Health Symposium is designed to highlight current evidence-based concepts, ethical considerations, diagnosis and acute care management of the behavioral health patient throughout the continuum of care.

1. Examine evidence-based strategies to address burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma.
2. Review the mental health hold process in South Dakota.
3. Examine latest evidence surrounding the impact of social media use and how it can contribute to increased anxiety and depression.
4. Understand the ethical implications associated with smartphone technology and social media use from a social and professional perspective.
5. Discuss the impact of harm reduction and low-threshold addiction treatment on improving whole person outcomes.
6. Apply best ethical practices in deploying patient-facing, care planning and back-office AI applications.
7. Discuss the concept of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma and its effects on individuals in support roles.
8. Examine evidence-based strategies to address burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma.
9. Discuss why collaboration with other mental health providers is needed to improve patient care and address ethical considerations.

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.

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Continuing Education Credit Designation(s)

IPCE (Team-based): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.00 IPCE credit(s) for learning and change.

Medicine CME: Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse CE: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hour(s). 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 6.00 Ethics continuing education credit(s).

Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapy (SD Board of Examiners): Avera is a recognized provider of continuing education, for all counseling related content, for the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Social Workers will receive 6.00 continuing education clock hour(s) for participating in this course.

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.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The conference is located at the Hilton Garden Inn South, 201 E 8th Street, Sioux Falls, SD

The exhibitor fee includes:

• Exhibitor booth

• Table

• 2 Chairs

• Beverages / Lunch

If an exhibitor wants continuing education credit, their name must be on the registration as one of the 2 booth attendees. To manage booth attendees, click the link in the confirmation email.

Exhibit at this Event