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Forward2022 Wisconsin Brain Injury Online - Medical/Healthcare Focus
This online course is based on the 2022 Wisconsin Brain Injury Conference, hosted by the Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin, SOAR Fox Cities, and the UW–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership. Testimonies from the conference:
"The conference helped me to bring in new ways of working with families while we are caring for their loved one and insight the patients are feeling. It has helped me to look at creating new programs for our program for the patients. With this conference it has helped me to gain insight into brain injury as a whole."
"All of the topics discussed this year were wide ranging and informative. Working in the employment sector, learning more about other supports someone with a TBI can benefit from helps to give the whole scope of how best to support someone with a TBI in recovery and healing."
PRACTICE GAP AND NEEDS
Millions of Americans experience a brain injury each year. Research continually generates new insights and treatment options, creating a practice gap among healthcare professionals and a need for caregivers, family members and survivors.
ELEMENTS OF COMPETENCE
This educational activity is designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competency areas:
- The American Board of Medical Specialties: Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills and Systems-based Practice.
- The National Academy of Medicine: Provide Patient-Centered Care and Employ Evidence-based Practice.
- Nursing and Interprofessional: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Interprofessional Communication and Teams and Teamwork.
- UW ICEP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Engage in Self-reflection.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This online course is intended for physicians, advance practice nurses, nurses, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers, researchers, brain injury survivors, caregivers, family members, and others with interest in traumatic brain injury.
GLOBAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, professionals as members of the healthcare team, brain injury survivors, caregivers, family members, and others with interest in traumatic brain injury will be able to:
- Describe the lifelong challenges that affect a person with a brain injury.
- Explain treatment options available to people affected by brain injury, how to access them, and make the best use of them.
- Apply best practices for brain injury treatment to their clinical practice.
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of interprofessional healthcare team members who care for brain injury survivors.
SESSION LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Brain Injury and Corrections
- Discuss county, national, and international studies about TBI and criminal justice
- Explain the initial findings from the Eau Claire County Jail Datablitz study
- Describe aspirational plans to address TBI in Wisconsin Corrections
Post Traumatic Headaches
- Define post-traumatic headache (PTH), list subtypes/phenotypes, and apply diagnostic criteria when determining clinical diagnosis with a patient.
- Summarize the cranial neurobiology related to post-traumatic headache
- Develop an initial treatment plan for a patient that present with post-traumatic headache, utilizing different treatment modalities and strategies for the unique patient
Introduction into Trauma Informed Care
- Describe the impact of historical trauma
- Discuss the impact of early trauma on development of the brain, relationships and ability to manage stressors.
- Explain the model of trauma informed care.
- Discuss the relevance of a seminal ACE study and apply to your practice
Funding for the TBI Support Program of SOAR Fox Cities is provided by a grant from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region supported by the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs, the J.J. Keller Foundation and other community partners.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP), the Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin, and SOAR Fox Cities gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Neuroscience Group, Learning Rx, Audrey Nelson and Reality Unlimited LLC, and the Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin Board.
Brain Injury and Corrections
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Post Traumatic Headaches
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Introduction into Trauma Informed Care
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 | Danielle Ciccone-Coutre, PsyD, ABPP Dr. Ciccone-Coutre is a Board Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist. She currently serves as the Chief Regional Psychologist for the Department of Corrections/Division of Community Corrections in Southeastern Wisconsin. Her career foci have included predominantly, work with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder across the developmental lifespan. She is committed to the education and advocacy of TBI to promote awareness and implement change to support survivors, and those involved in their care. She spearheads and supervises research of TBI and interrelated disability(ies) in the Veteran’s Administration. She is also collaborating on female specific research in DOC/DCC, with interest in the role of neuro/rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychological aspects of criminal behavior. Dr. Ciccone-Coutre also maintains a private practice in northern Illinois. |
| Audrey Nelson, MS In 1981 Audrey experienced a brain Injury in a car accident during her Freshman year of college; she was 18. In 1983, she was a co-founder and facilitator of a brain injury support group in Eau Claire that met for over 30 years. Audrey earned a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in 1987 and subsequently, a Graduate degree in Vocational Rehabilitation in 1994. Since 1985, she has had several different roles on the board of directors of the Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin. She also currently serves on the Mayo Clinic Brain Injury Advisory Board. Audrey began Reality Unlimited, LLC in 1995, providing residential care for individuals with brain injury. She recently sold this company and is looking forward to the next chapter in her work in brain injury advocacy. One of her most exciting projects was started in 2020, a brain injury & poetry support group that recently published a book of poetry. She is the mother of 3 adult children and recently, a proud grandmother who loves to spend time with her family. |
| Kalli Reinheimer, MSW, CSW, CBIS Kalli Reinheimer worked in the field of brain injury for 22 years. It was during that work that Kalli learned about trauma informed care (TIC) and became interested in a correlation between childhood trauma, the (sometimes) risky behaviors that precipitated the TBI and difficult behaviors some survivors of TBI displayed in rehab and day programming. This interest led to Kalli to becoming a (TIC) trainer and assisting with training the entire staff of her previous employer. Kalli has since moved on from working with survivors of TBI and is no longer an official TIC trainer, however, her passion for this work hasn’t waned. She is now the VP of Programs for Easterseals Southeast Wisconsin and is on a mission to help her new organization become trauma informed. Kalli is married and has an 11-year-old son, energetic dog, and 4 adult stepchildren. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, reading, exercising, and watching her son play baseball. |
 | Benjamin Siebert, MD, FAAPMR Dr. Siebert has found that investing in his patients is an important part of patient care. While keeping a realistic outlook, he tries to help patients focus on what they can achieve and encourages them to keep an optimistic attitude. He has the unique opportunity to be involved in the lives of his patients at all stages of their conditions, which is a challenging yet rewarding responsibility for him. Dr. Siebert has a special interest in traumatic brain injury, headache, and pain. |
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Karl Curtis, BA, Director* | Sasha St. John, Brain Injury Survivor |
Julie Biesterveld, BA, CBIS, Traumatic Brain Injury Support Program Coordinator * | Benjamin Siebert, MD, FAAPMR Neuroscience Group |
Jan Heinitz, PhD | Traci Snedden, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing |
| Kalli Reinheimer, MSW, CSW, CBIS, VP of Programs, Easterseals Southeast Wisconsin easterseals Southeast Wisconsin |
POLICY ON DISCLOSURE
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.
For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Name | Role | Financial Relationship Disclosures | Discussion of Unlabeled/ Unapproved uses of drugs/devices in presentation? |
Nina Berge, BA | UW–Madison School of Nursing, Subcommittee | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Julie Biesterveld, BA, CBIS | Co-Chair & Host | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
| Danielle Ciccone-Coutre, PsyD, ABPP | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Karl Curtis, BA | Co-Chair, Host & Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Sue Gaard, MSN, RN | UW–Madison School of Nursing, Subcommittee | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Jan Heinitz, PhD | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Diane Hernandez, MS | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Jerry Hoepner, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Amy Jordan | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Craig Jordan | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Grace Leonard, EdM | UW–Madison School of Nursing, Subcommittee | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Lisa Monopoli | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN | UW–Madison School of Nursing, Subcommittee | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Audrey Nelson, MS | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Valentine Oluchi, MS | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Kathryn Paulson | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships to disclose | No |
Kalli Reinheimer, MSW, CSW, CBIS | Speaker & Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Peggy Rynearson, BA | UW–Madison School of Nursing, Subcommittee (former) | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Courtney Sand, MS, LBA, BCBA, CBIST | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships to disclose | No |
Benjamin Siebert, MD, MD, FAAPMR | Speaker & Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships to disclose | No |
Traci Snedden, PhD, RN | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Sasha St. John | Planning Committee Member | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
Michelle Wild, MS | Speaker | No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. | No |
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please contact info@icep.wisc.edu.
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, The Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin, and SOAR Fox Cities. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this Internet Enduring Material for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this Internet Enduring Material for a maximum of 2.50 ANCC contact hours.
ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Wisconsin – Madison ICEP is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 2.50 Internet Enduring Material continuing education credits.
American Psychological Association (APA)
 | Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. |
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this Internet Enduring Material for .250 continuing education units (CEUs) or 2.50 hours.
Available Credit
- 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.50 ANCC Contact Hours
- 2.50 APA CE Credits
- 2.50 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 2.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACCESSIBILITY
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at help@icep.wisc.edu
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