Speaker #1

Disparities in Incarceration and Mental Health Services Amongst Black Americans
Mina Ossei, M.D.

Dr. Mina Ossei is a current Psychiatry CL Fellow.  Originally from Ghana, Dr. Ossei moved to the United States as a teenager.  She has a BS degree in nursing and worked as a nurse for several years before medical school.  Dr. Ossei attended Ross University School of Medicine, now in Barbados (previously in the Commonwealth of Dominica).  She completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN.  Dr. Ossei hopes to work in an underserved setting.  She enjoys different cultures, different foods and traveling.

Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the incarceration rates of Black Americans. 
• Examine the prevalence of mental illness and mental health disparity in Black Americans.
• Describe how psychiatrists can address disparity in mental health access, which may reduce incarceration.

Speaker #2

Childhood Adversity and Functional Disorders
Ahmed Alhassan, M.B.B.S.

Dr. Alhassan is originally from Sudan, he was born and raised in Doha – Qatar. He finished his medical school at University of Khartoum in Sudan then pursued psychiatry residency and Advanced General Adult Psychiatry fellowship at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. During his training he was appointed as chief resident in his final year of residency. He has attained full membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in UK (MRCPsych) as well as certification of the Arab Board of Health Specialization in Psychiatry (ABHS – Psych). Due to his interest in consultation – liaison psychiatry he decided to come to Mayo Clinic to do his CL psychiatry fellowship, he will graduate this June. He is also interested in neuromodulation, tele psychiatry and functional disorders.

Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe and recognize the relationship between childhood adversity and functional disorders. 
• Examine emerging data about mechanisms that might link childhood adversity to functional disorders.
• Evaluate data from our project entitled, "History of Adversity versus Different Phenotypes of Functional Disorders."  

1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ hour is offered for watching this presentation via Zoom.  Ethos will be implemented for all post presentation surveys.  To document your attendance, please text the code given at the presentation to 507-200-3010.  For questions, email rstpsychgr@mayo.edu

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.
 

This activity is approved for a maximum of 1.00 credits. Credit is awarded only for actual instructional time.
 

ASWB
As a jointly Accredited Organization, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.  Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science maintains responsibility for this course.  Social workers completing this course will receive 1.00 continuing education credits. 

Archived webcast available at: Psychiatry & Psychology Video Library

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed…

Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Chad Ellis, LICSW, Aimee Karstens, PhD, MA, Sydney Kelpin, PhD, Bhanu Kolla, MD, Wendy Moore, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Charlene Nelson (coordinator), Amber Pearson (coordinator), Michelle Skime, MS

Speakers:  Mina Ossei, M.D. and Ahmed Alhassan, M.B.B.S.

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here. 

ATTENDANCE/CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance.  All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs.  This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance.  Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows. 

TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded from this series will appear on your Transcript.

DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
Visit the department's website for additional information.

COURSE DIRECTOR(S)
Bhanu Prakash Kolla, MD

QUESTIONS?  
Contact Charlene Nelson at ph. 5-5428 or Amber Pearson at ph. 4-5916.