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Adverse Childhood Events


Total Credits: 0.75 including 0.75 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)

Average Rating:
   5
State Associations:
Not Available
Faculty:
Mercie DiGangi, DO
Duration:
44 Minutes
Expiration:
Never expires.


Description

Dr. Mercie DiGangi will cover a wide breadth of Adverse Childhood Experiences information. Beginning with the original study, she will discuss what ACEs are, and how they affect children throughout a lifetime. She will then move on to discuss what can be done from a clinician’s perspective regarding screening and intervention. She will then tie in Social Determinants of Health. First going over what SDH and racism are defined as, and then looping in their connection to ACEs and overall child health. The talk will end with a discussion on how Pediatric clinics can adjust and change to incorporate these learnings and better care for patients. 

Learning Objectives 

  1. Understand the origins and implication of the original Adverse Childhood Events study 
  2. Apply the groundwork for ACEs to clinical practice 
  3. Understand the link between Social Determinants of Health, in particular racism, and ACEs 
  4. Begin to think about how to incorporate these learnings into clinical practice 

Disclosures: None Reported  

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California (OPSC) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.  

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Mercie DiGangi, DO is a Pediatrician at SCPMG Kaiser Downey and the Southern California Regional Chair of the SCPMG Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP). Through that leadership role, she works with regional and local champions implementing the coordinated “systems model” approach to child abuse prevention which includes screening and referral, supportive environment, on-site services, and community linkages. She also works on identifying and coordinating strategic activities to improve identification, documentation and appropriate referral of abuse patients, as well as working with the medical center Chiefs. Dr. DiGangi created an ACEs screening pilot in SCPMG involving 6 medical centers.  The pilot concluded last year and an article was printed in the Journal of Pediatrics summarizing the results and learnings from this pilot in June 2020. Currently she is working on KP regional spread for early 2021 (screen in all pediatric clinics at all ages 2-18).  Through the screening pilot, Dr. DiGangi has also been mentoring and presenting to other sites outside of KP as they begin their ACEs screenings. Dr. DiGangi continues to see regular pediatrics patients full time.  She also parents her 3 children with her husband, Mike, and they have opened their home to fostering for the past 3 years. 


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