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Free Accredited Training for Providers | Enhance Your Skills in Suicide Prevention

Date: 10/03/24

Suicide can affect anyone. Providers play a powerful role in early identification of at-risk individuals. In fact, primary care is a critical point of contact for those contemplating suicide with 77% of people having seen their primary care provider within the year prior to their death and 45% within the month prior.[1]

To help prevent this tragic loss of life, Sunflower Health Plan is offering a free accredited continuing education course titled “Identifying and Supporting Individuals at Risk for Suicide.” Many clinicians may find themselves uncertain in providing suicide assessment and support for patients. This training is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills to identify and support at-risk individuals, allowing for timely and effective support. This course is accredited by Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education and offered in partnership with Sunflower.

Why Take This Course?

  • Free and Accredited. This course is available at no cost and offers 1.50 continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team.
  • On Demand Education. Delivered virtually, this comprehensive course will strengthen your ability to identify at-risk individuals early on. Highlights include insight into suicide risk, assessment strategies, unique risk factors and populations to consider and guidance for directing appropriate levels of support.
  • Immeasurable Impact. Help us save lives in the communities we serve.

Sunflower recognizes that increased access to suicide prevention saves lives. Your partnership and participation can make a significant impact to help individuals live their lives to their fullest.

How to Enroll

This course is accessible through Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education at www.centeneinstitute.com in partnership with Sunflower.  Once you have registered as a new user, navigate to the Activity Catalog. In the Activity Catalog, search for the course title “Identifying and Supporting Individuals at Risk for Suicide” and register by clicking on ENROLL NOW.

If you have questions about this bulletin or other provider resources, please contact your Provider Relations Representative or call Customer Service at:

The continuing medical education (CME) programs and other training and educational programs provided by Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education, LLC, are open to all health care providers and are not intended to serve as remuneration or to induce any health care provider to refer any individual to Centene Corporation or its subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

[1] Spottswood, M., Lim, C. T., Davydow, D., & Huang, H. (2022). Improving Suicide Prevention in Primary Care for Differing Levels of Behavioral Health Integration: A Review. Frontiers in medicine, 9, 892205. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.892205