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Confronting Misinformation in our Circles of Influence

Recorded On: 04/18/2023

Confronting Misinformation in Our Circles of Influence


This presentation will offer guidance from the Surgeon General's toolkit on confronting health-related online misinformation among peers and family. Five strategies will be discussed with examples and participants will plan how to use at least one strategy with students and campus communicators.

Session Information 

Format: Internet live 
Date: April 18, 2023 
Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm ET

Format: Internet, self-paced
Release Date: April 21, 2023
Expiration Date: January 1, 2025

Speaker(s)

Claire Wardle, PhD
Professor, Brown University

Intended Audience

  • Administrator 
  • Advanced Practice Clinician
  • Dietitian/Nutritionist
  • Health Educator
  • Health Information Management Professional 
  • Mental Health Professional
  • Nurse
  • Pharmacist
  • Physician, Physician Assistant
  • Psychiatrist 
  • Student

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to: 

  1. List 5 strategies for confronting online, health-related misinformation among one's social circle.
  2. Describe an example of each of the 5 strategies for confronting health misinformation in practice.
  3. Describe how to use at least one strategy for confronting health misinformation with students and campus communicators at their IHE.

Program Planning Committee 

Keith Anderson, PhD
FACHA Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (Retired)

Anita Barkin, DrPH, MSN, NP-C
Independent Contractor with ACHA

Giang Nguyen, MD, MPH
Harvard University

Claudia Trevor-Wright, JD, MCHES
American College Health Association

Sarah Van Orman, MD, MMM
University of Southern California

Heather Zesiger, PhD, MCHES
American College Health Association

For more information about this session or its speaker(s), contact education@acha.org.

Credit/Contact Hours and Disclosures


Types of Credit/Contact Hours Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

  • CME: 1.0 
  • CNE: 1.0
  • CHES: 1.0

Deadlines

Claim your credit/contact hours or certificate on each session's Contents tab by the deadline.

If you attended the session LIVE: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by May 2, 2023

If you viewed the session as a RECORDING: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by January 1, 2025. 

Relevant Financial Relationships

None of the presenters or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.


Successful Completion to Obtain Credit/Contact Hours (or certificate of attendance)

Criteria for successful completion is commensurate with participation and passing of a post-test with a minimum of an 80%.

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require 60 minutes to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View/Attend the session in its entirety.
Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Attestation, Evaluation Survey, and Post-test (passing score of 80%) for CE Credit/Contact Hours. See below for post-test passing requirements.
Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit/contact hour you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit/contact hour is being requested. 


Continuing Education Statements 

Continuing Education 

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The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACHA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

   CNE     This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available.


Policies 

Post-test Policy
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the program.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Non-endorsement
ACHA does not endorse any products or services that are displayed or referred to in conjunction with this activity and is not responsible for the actual presentation of content during scientific sessions.

Non-discrimination 
The American College Health Association (ACHA) supports institutional, as well as legislative or regulatory initiatives to promote a campus climate guided by the values of inclusion, respect, equality and equity. ACHA rejects all forms of intolerance and bias, whether implicit or explicit. Such a climate is essential to college health and wellbeing.

Consistent with these values, ACHA rejects all forms of discriminatory conduct with respect to: age; race/ethnicity; sex; sexual orientation; gender, including gender identity and expression; marital status; physical size; psychological/physical/learning ability; religious, spiritual or cultural identity; socioeconomic status; veteran status; or any other class of persons. ACHA actively strives to eliminate bias and discriminatory conduct from all its policies, procedures, communications, actions and activities.

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Confronting Misinformation in Our Circle of Influence
04/18/2023 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 04/18/2023
04/18/2023 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 04/18/2023 This is the recording of the live webinar held on April 18, 2023.
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Evaluation Survey
18 Questions
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Post-Test for CE Credit/Contact Hours
6 Questions  |  2 attempts  |  5/6 points to pass
6 Questions  |  2 attempts  |  5/6 points to pass Successful completion of this post-test (an 80% passing score) is mandatory to receive continuing education credit.
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