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IMPLICIT BIAS IN HEALTH CARE
MANDATORY COURSE CODE: SWTX03HC The role of implicit biases on healthcare outcomes has become a concern as some cite that implicit biases contribute to health disparities, professionals’ attitudes toward and interactions with patients, quality of care, diagnoses, and treatment decisions. This course will explore definitions of implicit and explicit bias, the nature and dynamics of implicit biases, and how they can affect health outcomes. Because implicit biases are unconscious, strategies will be reviewed to assist in raising professionals’ awareness of and interventions to reduce them. RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS, 2ND EDITION 17 MANDATORY 1 CE HOUR $15.00 COURSE CODE: SWTX01HT 3 CE HOURS $27.00 This course focuses on an overview of human trafficking; how human trafficking occurs; ways to identify those who may be trafficked, including the health and mental health impact; response and safety protocols; and victim resources. It meets the one-hour Texas requirement for healthcare professionals. SETTING ETHICAL LIMITS: FOR CARING AND COMPETENT PROFESSIONALS 29 MANDATORY 6 CE HOURS $54.00 COURSE CODE: SWTX06SE Without proper self-care, boundaries, and awareness (transference), therapists become vulnerable to burnout and vicarious traumatization. This can result in a risk of therapeutic effectiveness, loss of trust with clients, and possible ethical crossings or violations. This course supports professionals practicing competence, while utilizing self-care and boundaries to minimize burnout while practicing compassion for the clients that they serve. PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT, 2ND EDITION 52 ELECTIVE 10 CE HOURS $90.00 COURSE CODE: SWTX10PA Although healthcare practitioners frequently work with clients who are experiencing pain, there is evidence that supports an interdisciplinary biopsychosocial approach when treating clients with chronic pain. Practitioners with a more detailed knowledge of pain can be more effective when working with a variety of clients, groups, and populations. The purpose of this basic course is to elaborate on the definition of pain and its perception, factors hampering pain management, assessment of a client for pain, and interventions to improve function in clients with pain. PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE AND INTERVENTIONAL PSYCHIATRY 85 ELECTIVE 10 CE HOURS $90.00 COURSE CODE: SWTX10PM It is apparent that psychedelic medicine is now in a renaissance period, and this time could not have come too soon. Many people in the United States and around the world suffer from severe psychiatric disorders, including depression, PTSD, substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD, anorexia nervosa, and multiple other psychiatric disorders that are not readily responsive to treatment with pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, depressive disorders are more prevalent, and people are urgently and actively seeking effective treatments. Exploration of novel interventional and psychedelic therapies may be a path to recovery for patients who have not improved on traditional approaches.
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SOCIAL WORK CONTINUING EDUCATION
Book code: SWTX3027
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