On-Demand CME

The Chapter is delighted to offer its members enduring materials modules to earn Continuing Medical Education from the convenience of your own home and pace.  The following module was created in response to Chapter initiatives to educate Alabama pediatricians further on oral health risk assessment:  

AN HPV COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

How to Talk with Families about the HPV Vaccine

A FREE CME/CE-eligible training opportunity offered by the Alabama Department of Public Health in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS)

The Alabama Chapter-AAP is partnering with the Alabama Department of Public Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) program to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among youth in Alabama. We are thrilled to offer a FREE 4-module training on HPV communication skills tailored for you. The training focuses on strategies to use when talking about the HPV vaccine with parents, caregivers, and preteens/teens.

The training is based on a 2018 National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study, called STOP-HPV, designed to identify what practice- and provider-based interventions increase HPV vaccine uptake. In the STOP-HPV study, the study-developed HPV Communication Skills Training was effective at increasing HPV vaccination.

Who can benefit from taking these training modules?
These modules are intended for both health professionals who vaccinate and health professionals who do not vaccinate, including physicians (e.g., pediatricians, family medicine doctors), dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, medical assistants, office staff, health educators, and community health workers.

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Each module takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Here are the links to each of the modules:
Module 1: An Effective Approach
Module 2: Your Confident Recommendation
Module 3: Supporting Parents in Decision-Making
Module 4: How Dental Professionals Can Help Protect Against Some Cancers

Oral Health Risk Assessment

Faculty:  Richard Simpson, DMD; Grant Allen, MD, FAAP; Nola Ernest, MD, FAAP

With a strategic goal of increasing the number of pediatricians who are billing for oral health risk assessment and fluoride varnish application, the Alabama Chapter-AAP is pleased to offer its 1st Look/Oral Health Risk Assessment Training as an on-demand, CME-approved "enduring materials" module for 1st Look certification by the Alabama Medicaid Agency and Alabama's Children's Health Insurance Program (ALL Kids). 

Visit the oral health risk assessment module page here for full details on how to access the 1st Look training module, take the post-test on the material you reviewed, and access the CME activity evaluation. The module has an introduction, learning objectives, and speaker’s disclosure.

In addition, the module page includes Alabama-specific resources.  The Alabama Chapter-AAP also has a Fluoride Varnish Manufacturers List (click here to access), and the American Academy of Pediatrics houses many resources on their Oral Health page.  Click here to access their Oral Health Practice Tools.