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IPCC Podcast: Thriving with Dignity: Embracing a Person-Centered Approach to Disability
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The Institute for Person-Centered Care at St. Ambrose University is challenging the status quo of health and wellness in our communities. Join us as we delve into cutting edge strategies to tackle health and wellness challenges through innovation and a person-centered perspective. Whether you are a health and human service practitioner, or community member, our discussions offer valuable insights tailored to your interests and needs. Tune in and be part of the transformative discussions where person-centered care comes alive!
This episode delves into the transformative power of a person-centered approach to disability. Join us as we explore real-life stories, expert insights, and innovative strategies that highlight the importance of dignity, respect, and individualization in supporting people with disabilities.
Episode Learning Objectives:
By the end of this episode, individuals as members of the health care team will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of a person-centered approach to disability.
- Apply insights from real-life stories, expert opinions, and innovative strategies that promote dignity, respect, and individualization in supporting people with disabilities to your person-centered practice.
Statement of Need and Purpose
Mounting evidence consistently demonstrates that integrating person-centered care approaches into health and human services leads to heightened satisfaction among both patients and providers, alongside improvements in quality and safety outcomes.
Interdisciplinary team members do not always effectively coordinate care, prioritizing the individual or population at the center to impact positive health outcomes. These team members can enhance their knowledge, skills, and attitudes about person-centered care by listening to this podcast.
Professionals spanning health, social services, and beyond will engage with experts, students, and community members through storytelling, sharing innovations, and applying enriched practices of person-centered care to address both current and future challenges in their respective fields.
Intended Audience
This podcast meets the professional development needs of physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, caregivers, and others with interest in person-centered care.
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: Practice-based learning improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and Systems-based Practice
- Nursing and Interprofessional: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Roles/Responsibilities, Interprofessional communication and Teams, and Teamwork
- Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education: Communication, Cultural Sensitivity, Educator, Health and Wellness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Interprofessional Collaboration, Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient-Centered Care, Population-Based Care, Professionalism, and Self-Awareness
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Engage in Self-Reflection, Address Health Disparities, and Value Diversity in the Clinical Encounter
Global Learning Objectives
By the end of this podcast series, individuals as members of the health care team will be able to:
- Describe and apply the tenets of person-centered care.
- Discuss insights, best practices, and innovative solutions for person-centered care in their individual practice and among the healthcare team.
- Explain the role of the care team in applying the principles of person-centered care to enhance population health.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) and St. Ambrose University Institute for Person-Centered Care gratefully acknowledge(s) our sponsors: St. Ambrose University, Kokjohn Grant, Presentation Sisters of South Dakota, Vera French Mental Health Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, School of Nursing (in-kind accreditation support), and KALA FM Radio (in-kind technology support).
Host
 | Ann Garton, DNP, FPCC, RN, CNE, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute for Person-Centered Care, St. Ambrose University Dr. Ann Garton holds the roles of Professor in Nursing at St. Ambrose University and Director of the University's Institute for Person-Centered Care. Her doctorate focused on global population health. Throughout her career, she has worked in diverse settings, fostering quality person-centered care for our most vulnerable populations. She has been recognized as a Fellow of Person-Centered Care by Planetree International. As host of the IPCC Podcast, she shares best practices in person-centered care with experts from across the country. |
Guests
 | Alana Houghland, BSN and Parent to Mason My name is Alana Hougland. I am a graduate of the St. Ambrose University BSN nursing program. I had a few years of hospital and clinic experience before my son Mason was born. I am now my son's full-time home health nurse. He was born several months early and had a brain hemorrhage at birth, resulting in hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, and other medical conditions. Mason is now 3.5 years old and requires full-time nursing care to provide feeding tube support, meds, and mobility assistance. He's had 6 brain surgeries, spine surgery, and others. I was fortunate to be hired onto Mason's home health case, so that I am able to be one of several nurses providing care for him. I feel that I have a unique experience from having a healthcare background and now being on the receiving end of the medical system in a complex way. I believe that because of my experience, I am better able to advocate for my child, as well as making sure the system around him is functioning as it should be. As most of us know, we have a long way to go as a collective society for optimizing healthcare for people with disabilities. My goal is to continue to advocate for the best care, safety, and accessibility for those with disabilities and their support system |
 | Kevin Sullivan, Disability Rights Activist, Accessibility Consultant My name is Kevin Sullivan, but feel free to call me Kev. I’m just an average guy, or at least I try to be as much as possible. I'm the youngest of three children, and also the only member of both my immediate and extended families to be born with a permanent physical disability. I was born in a suburb outside Chicago with a condition known as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, or AMC for short. My condition causes abnormal fibrosis of my muscle tissue, which results in general weakness and limited range of motion in both my arms and legs. While my condition is both permanent and irreversible, AMC is neither a degenerative nor genetic condition. My life expectancy also will not be affected. I was born in the early 1990s, less than a year after the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. My right to participate in everyday life alongside my able-bodied peers was codified into law at just the right time. As a part of the first generation of Americans living with disabilities having these rights guaranteed from birth, I've experienced both the successes and the shortcomings of this legislation. I currently work a full-time job for a technology company in the logistics industry and am able to live semi-independently with the assistance of family members and hired caregivers. |
Planning Committee
| *Ann Garton, DNP, FPCC, RN, CNE | Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN, NPD-BC | Andrew Repp, PHD |
Kari Crowder, MSN | Sarah Oliver, PHD | Cheryl True MD, DipABLM, FACLM |
Julie Kettmann, PhD | Janelle Pillard, MSPA | Emily Vyverberg, PharmD |
* Activity Chair
Policy on Faculty and Sponsor 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, committee members, 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(S) | FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE | DISCUSSION OF UNLABELED/UNAPPROVED USES OF DRUGS/DEVICES IN PRESENTATION? |
| Ann Garton, DNP, FPCC, RN, CNE | Activity Chair, Planner, Host | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kari Crowder, MSN | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Alana Houghland, BSN and Parent to Mason | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Julie Kettmann, PhD | Planner | BodyMD (Independent Contractor - Consultant) | No |
| Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN, NPD-BC | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sarah Oliver, PHD | Planner/Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Janelle Pillard, MSPA | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Andrew Repp, PHD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kevin Sullivan, Disability Rights Activist, Accessibility Consultant | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Cheryl True, MD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Emily Vyverberg, PharmD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) and St. Ambrose University Institute for Person-Centered Care. 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 enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC hours.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this enduring activity for 1.00 hours or .10 CEUs. Credit can be earned by successfully completing the activity and the evaluation. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.
Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA0000358-9999-24-070-H99-P
AAPA Credit Designation Statement
 | The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.00 AAPA Category 1 Self‐Assessment CME credits. Approval is valid until 9/18/2025. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. |
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
 | 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 enduring 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, as a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), authorizes this program for 0.10 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1.00 hours.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME
- 1.00 ACPE Contact Hours - Pharmacist
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 1.00 APA CE Credits
- 1.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 1.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the ICEP Learning Portal. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored. UW-Madison ICEP is not able to refund fees paid through unaffiliated registration sites, such as eMedEvents.com, MedConfWorld.com, EventEgg.com, and 10times.com. Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations to help@icep.wisc.edu.
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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