This module will introduce residents to the social determinants of health (SDoH), how they relate to health, how they differ in rural and urban areas, and what the roles of medicine, healthcare, public health, and policy are in SDoH. The module will be broken up into 4 sections with a total of 6 videos, 5 readings, and an assessment. This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.
Learning Objectives:
- Learners will be able to describe social dominants of health (SDOH) and how they related to health and wellbeing of individuals.
- Learners will be able to summarize differences between SDOH in general and in rural areas of the United States.
- Learners will be able to convey the role family medicine physicians have in supporting SDOH within their practices and communities.
- Learners will be able to provide examples of ways SDOH are being addressed through national efforts.
Principal faculty and their credentials: Casey Balio, PhD and Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM
Medium or combination of media used: Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: Video contribution
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 1.5 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025
ACCME Accreditation
The Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Credit
Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.
ASPPH/CDC Information
This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Nursing Credits
Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Financial Disclosures
East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.
A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:
Casey Balio: Nothing to disclose
Randy Wykoff: Nothing to disclose