5th Annual Public Health Leadership Forum
Violence: Implications for Health

Five CME modules with slide-audio presentations and resources
CME Credit: .5 to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per module, risk management study

• Moderator 
  Liz Brunner, WCVB-TV
• Bruce S. Auerbach, MD, FACEP, Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society; Liz Brunner, WCVB-TV 
• Module 1: Violence from a Public Health Perspective - The Impact of Violence on Society (0h 43m 39s) (1 credit)
  Mark L. Rosenberg, MD, MPP, Executive Director, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development
• Module 2: Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Best Practices to Effectively Address Domestic Violence (0h 38m 39s) (1 credit)
  Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MD, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
• Module 3: Systems for Intervention - Examples from the Military (0h 28m 30s) (.5 credit)
  Judith E. Beals, JD, Director, Campaign & Outreach, OXFAM America
• Module 4: Collaborative Resilience and Trauma Interventions for Unaccompanied Minors: A Model for Immigrant and Refugee Health (0h 32m 13s) (.5 credit)
  José Hidalgo, MD, Medical Director, Latin American Health Institute, Director, Unaccompanied Minors Program
• Module 5: Panel Discussion (0h 21m 35s) (.5 credit)

Overview

This CME activity is based on the live Public Health Leadership Forum: Violence - Implications for Health, held at MMS headquarters in Waltham, MA on April 30, 2009.  The presentations focus on violence as a public health issue and seek to answer what the health care community, community leaders, and policymakers can do to more effectively address this epidemic.  Speakers discuss the implications of the violence from the perspectives of overall health status and costs to society.  Issues regarding health care disparities and access to care shed light on trends in various populations.  At the live event,  represented groups were invited to discuss issues in a panel format and a challenge/call to action to think about major initiatives (public and private collaborations).  Online participants can listen to the panel discussion as well as experience the live presentations, synchronized audio and transcripts.

Instructions for CME

1. Select the module by clicking on the links above.
2. Review the information on each module overview page which includes the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
3. Listen to the presentations in each module session.
4. Complete each CME exam.
5. View/print your certificate

Contact Us

Contact us at continuingeducation@mms.org or (800) 322-2303, ext. 7306. Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451.

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