Trauma Informed Care

Monday, September 22, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditorium E and Webex, Lebanon, NH

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Discover the transformative power of trauma-informed care with our interactive program designed for healthcare teams. Learn to recognize and address trauma's impact on patients and healthcare professionals, foster trust through effective communication, and minimize retraumatization risks. Gain insights into managing secondary traumatic stress to enhance provider well-being and resilience. With expert-led discussions, case studies, and practical strategies, this activity equips participants to deliver patient-centered, compassionate, trauma-informed care that improves both patient outcomes and team performance. Join us to advance your skills, strategies, and confidence in creating a safer and more supportive healthcare environment.

Presenter

Lauren E. Szkodny, Ph.D
Psychologist
Outpatient Psych Services
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

1. Apply trauma-informed care principles to effectively recognize and address trauma's impact on patient health and behavior.
2. Demonstrate improved communication strategies that foster trust and minimize the risk of re-traumatization during patient interactions.
3. Develop resilience-focused practices to manage secondary traumatic stress including enhancing provider well-being within team-based care settings.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health 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. 

American Medical Association (AMA)
Dartmouth Health designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

All other learners may claim CME-designated participation credit. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of CME-designated participation credit for programs certified for credit by organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Education.

Registration/Requirements for Successful Completion
You may claim credit for successful completion of this online course. In order to claim credit, you must follow these steps:

1. Attend the entire event.

2. Text the 6-digit Activity Code displayed at the beginning and end of the presentation to the Text-in number (833-884-3375).

3. Complete and submit the evaluation found in your Continuing Education for Professionals account (https://dh.cloud-cme.com - Citrix or Intranet not needed) under My Account>Evaluations.

4. Credit will appear on your transcript instantly.

Provider Contact Information
Provider contact information for questions regarding accreditation of the activity:

Center for Learning and Professional Development
ACE Office
Dartmouth Health
[email protected]

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Dartmouth Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including planners, faculty, authors, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies^.  All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

^Ineligible Company is any entity whose primary business purpose is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.