Partnering with Patients Experiencing Homelessness

Overview:

Partnering with Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Sandhya Kumar, MD, MPH & Andreas Lazaris, MD MSc

Homelessness is a common issue with significant implications on health. This presentation will introduce medical considerations when caring for people experiencing homelessness, discuss the tailored homeless healthcare model of healthcare delivery, and review strategies to promote meaningful engagement with the healthcare system. The presentation will conclude with a review of two common clinical scenarios.

 

After this presentation, attendees will be able to:

1.)    Describe the relationship between health and homelessness,

2.)    Describe clinical considerations for patients experiencing homelessness,

3.)    Identify resources to support the care of patients experiencing homelessness.

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Presenters:

Sandhya Kumar, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director Montefiore-Einstein

Dept. of Family & Social Medicine
Director of Homeless Healthcare Curriculum

Andreas Lazaris, MD, MSc

Fellow, NYC Homeless Healthcare
Fellowship at Montefiore-Einstein

 

Financial Disclosures:

Sandhya Kumar, MD, MPH & Andreas Lazaris, MD MSc, have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, MBA; Nehman Andry, MD; Maria Del Pilar Montanez Villacampa, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD; Yun Shi, MD, PhD; Marcy Wiemers, MD; Christine Song, DO; Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD; Margaret Finley, MD; Richel Avery, MD; Khorshid Amirkhosravi, MD; Jeff Svec, MD; Oralia Bazaldua, Pharm D; Kelsi Sexton Barajas, MA, MEd) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to 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.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Kelsi Sexton Barajas- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: sextonk@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu