Program Details

Diversity and Inclusion Champion Professional Development & Certificate Program

Engage in online learning, consultations with leaders and subject matter experts, and receive important tools to support job functions to build and sustain a more inclusive climate, and advanced concepts essential to unconscious bias, cultural competency, skills building, and creating inclusive workplace and learning environments.

Registration will open to UMMC employees on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 and ends on Friday, January 12th, 2024. Visit www.umc.edu/odi, then click on ODI Initiatives.

• Program begins on Monday, January 22nd, 2024
• Digital credentials will be issued to highlight professional development competencies
• Activity approved for Continuing Education (CE) Credits as outlined below:

CE Statements:

• AMA - The University of Mississippi School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  
  The University of Mississippi School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.

• ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
  
  The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This seminar has been approved for 1.0 contact hour (0.1CEU) by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacy Professional Development. ACPE number 0032-9999-23-060-H04-P.

• ADA CERP – American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program
  
  The University of Mississippi School of Dentistry is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
  
  ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
  
  Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org.
  
  University of Mississippi School of Dentistry designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.

• APA - The University of Mississippi Medical Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Mississippi Medical Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists will receive 1.0 continuing education clock hours in participating in this course.

• Nursing - The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by The Mississippi Nurses Foundation Inc. an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
  
  As an approved provider, the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing awards this educational activity 1.0 contact hour(s).

• NASW - This organization, The University of Mississippi Medical Center provider number SWB 120016 is approved as a provider for continuing education by the Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists; Approval Period: 1/15/2024 through 1/15/2026. Social workers will receive 1.0 continuing education clock hours in participating in this course. CE type: General.

• BOC - The University of Mississippi Medical Center (BOC AP# P2746) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Certified Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 1.0 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

For more information, contact Shirley Pandolfi, Cultural Competency and Education Manager, at 5-5344 or spandolfi@umc.edu.