1st Annual Harm Reduction in Clinical Praxis

Saturday, September 25, 2021, 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Virtual Conference

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (5.00 hours)

Please click here to visit the conference website for more information.

Harm Reduction Los Angeles was founded by a group of graduate and medical students at CDU, USC, UCLA and Kaiser Permanente with the focus of improving health, healthcare, and safety in clinical spaces for PWUD. We operate with the understanding that drug policy in the US has racist and anti-immigrant origins and is selectively enforced to harm Black, Brown, Indigenous and Immigrant communities. With this basis, we seek to disseminate information regarding care that is trauma-informed, human rights-informed, and whole person centered. We center our efforts on those disproportionately affected by systemic violence including PWUD, sex workers, LGBTQIAA+, undocumented people, BIPOC folks, and communities at the crossroads of these identities. Guided by the values of harm reduction, we aim to carry forward health justice work that affirms the inherent wholeness of each person and envision working towards developing and reforming systems to further collective healing.

There has been a rise in implicit bias training and understanding of prejudice; however, this conference aims to go further by offering interventional, institutional, and structural tools specific to improving care and outcomes for people who use drugs (PWUD). This conference aims to provide healthcare workers with an educational experience that translates into their clinical practice in order to dismantle treatment protocols and structures that uphold systems of violence against PWUD.

Registration Fees:

• Physician: $70.00
• NP/PA/RN/Allied Health Professional: $50.00
• Fellow/Resident/Student: $30.00

Student Scholarship

HRLA offers sliding scale pricing to ensure our conference is accessible to those who would not otherwise be able to afford these trainings. We offer this to encourage equity in a system that leaves many unable to access the resources they need.

We will award scholarships to our conference in order to increase access for students and community members experiencing financial difficulties. POC, LGBTQIA++, low-income, disabled persons, and anyone with lived experience will be given priority.

Scholarship applications are due September 1, 2021. Please email us (in 250 words or less) about how this training contributes to your work and education -- you can reach us at [email protected]. If granted, we will provide you with a discount code for registration.

1. Provide healthcare workers with actionable steps to integrate harm reduction practices into patient care for PWUD.
2. Provide healthcare workers actionable steps to create structural change within their institutions to improve care and outcomes for PWUD.
3. Identify social networks and programs that healthcare workers can utilize to improve care for their patients who use drugs.

The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California designates this Live Activity activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be received by the USC Office of CME by email only by September 21, 12:00 pm PDT for a refund. In support of health care professionals' need for flexibility during COVID-19, cancellation fees are waived for a full refund. In the event of course cancellation by conference organizers, all registration fees will be fully refunded.


Accessibility Statement
 
Keck School of Medicine Healthcare System is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008. If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the USC Office of CME at [email protected].

The Keck School of Medicine Healthcare System School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Keck School of Medicine 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.

Saturday, September 25, 2021