eLearning for Providing Patient Care

The Infant Safe Sleep module provides education and training for healthcare providers to better address Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID). An average of 22 otherwise healthy infants die each year in New Mexico, with their deaths attributed to SUID. The long-term health goal of this project is to reduce that number.

In order to accomplish this, we are providing training to increase the translation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines regarding infant safe sleep into practice in the hospital setting and in the education of new parents. The training focuses on personnel working in mother-baby units or newborn nurseries and is designed to increase knowledge, self-efficacy, and intent to put the guidelines into practice. Infant Safe Sleep is a collaboration between the Office for Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) and the Prevention Research Center.

If desired, you can claim CME credit for internet searching and learning. This activity is available for up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Target Audience
Hospital physicians and clinical staff working in mother-baby units or newborn nurseries.

Learning Objectives
1. Learners will demonstrate competence in the most current infant safe sleep practices recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
2. Learners will demonstrate competence in the ability to teach infant safe sleep practices to culturally diverse parents and families of infants.

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The literature demonstrates that low health literacy is associated with increased patient morbidity and mortality. Both The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services identify effective communication as a cornerstone of patient safety. The teach-back method of patient education has been shown to assist patients in adhering to medication regimens and to adopt new lifestyle behaviors, ultimately improving patient outcomes. Teach-Back for Best Health Outcomes is a collaboration between the Office for Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) and the Health Literacy Office.

This course has both an online component and a live component where you will demonstrate your teach back skills to an observer. You must complete both to receive 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

Target Audience

Healthcare providers

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to demonstrate the effective use of the five skills for teach-back.

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When is a stroke not a stroke, or a tumor not a tumor? This is a distinct possibility in New Mexico, where Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM1), an otherwise rare genetic disorder exhibiting symptoms similar to many ailments including strokes and brain tumors, exists among a considerable amount of the New Mexican population. This course’s purpose is to teach physicians how to properly identify and manage the symptoms of the CCM1, so they can better assist their patients, and protect them from the dangers of misdiagnosis.

Target Audience

Healthcare providers and general practitioners working within New Mexico.

Learning Objectives

• Learners will discern why CCM1 is a serious issue to check for in New Mexican patients.
• Learners will determine and pursue the best options for testing and managing the symptoms and causes of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations within CCM1 patients.
• Learners will understand where they can easily access the materials necessary for quick identification and treatment methods for CCM1 patients.

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Many women with overactive bladder and urgency incontinence do not receive treatment for their disease and we would like to improve that. Of women who are treated, many receive medications that are associated with adverse side effects like dementia. Participants also learn about third-line options for management of this condition, to counsel their patients.

Target Audience

Healthcare providers and general practitioners working within New Mexico.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the risks associated with anticholinergic medications.
• Explain what causes urgency urinary incontinence.
• Describe the many treatment options available to treat urgency urinary incontinence.

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