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News Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 - 09:45
On Wednesday, November 29th 2023, the Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Psychiatry Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee will host Brianna Suslovic, LSW, MSW, for the lecture series, Just Talks: Equity and Social Justice in Mental Health. The 2023-2024 Just Talks theme centers on the interplay between psychiatry, mental health, and social determinants of health. Registration is required - details can be found below. We hope to see you there, and please email julie.meyer@mssm.edu or naomi.dambreville@mssm.edu with any questions.
When: Weds, Nov. 29th at 11am-12pm EST
Talk title: Collaborative Practice with Clients Impacted by Carceral Systems
Speaker: Brianna Suslovic is a forensic social worker, social welfare policy analyst, organizational consultant, and educator studying jail-to-community transitions and works to bridge community mental health, criminal-legal systems, health policy and psychoanalytic theory. Ms. Suslovic teaches and engages in research scholarship at the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and serves as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar, a Mansueto Institute Urban Doctoral Fellow, and a Pozen Center Mass Incarceration Working Group Fellow. Ms. Suslovic has years of direct service working in and around New York City’s and Chicago’s criminal-legal systems and provided social justice consultation to organizations.
Social Work CE for MSHS Staff Only: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Social Work Services CE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0079 and has approved this educational activity for 1 CE contact hour. Participants must attend the entire lecture and submit all required documents to earn the CE. No partial CE can be given.
Psychology CE for All Attendees: A CE attestation link will be posted to the chat during the lecture. You must follow the link to log your attendance for CE credit. This lecture is offered for 1.0 CE credits. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychology is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0155.
Physician CME for MSHS Staff Only: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation: The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing CME for MSHS Staff Only: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Certification Renewal: ANCC accepts "Continuing medical education (CME) approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™" for RNs renewing certification.
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