Description 

Broadly, this presentation aims to persuade practitioners to embrace data and spatial analytics. Unprecedented amounts of public data and free software make it easier than ever to gain valuable insights into the powerful, real-world forces impacting our clients and our clinics. Front-line practitioners are best situated to ask the most relevant questions of the data, to directly translate insights into clinical work, and to identify action points for broader advocacy within an institution and even government. We will outline the major steps for this sort of approach – geocoding patient location data, finding and using public data sets, and analysis using open-source software – discussing various options, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. Three example studies will be discussed, each chosen to highlight a different data or spatial approach and each yielding a different type of actionable insight. A spatial analysis of a first episode psychosis clinic compared the geographic distribution of the cohort to an age-adjusted population, identifying regions of poor recruitment. These regions were cross-references with the NPI database to identify PCPs in those areas for outreach. Travel time analysis of the cohort from a medical specialty clinic, which moved locations from a downtown to suburban location, found that while those using private car travel were not on average greatly affected, those using public transit had their travel time balloon by nearly an hour. These data were fed back to the hospital system with recommendations on how to generate and weigh such data when planning future projects. Geographic and demographic analysis of a community mental health center found high variance in population-adjusted patient representation between economically similar neighborhoods, correlating with percent Latinx population and longer travel times, highlighting areas ripe for community engagement. We will explore some tools we have developed to make these sorts of analyses less technically daunting and more reproducible. Finally, our session will end with an open call for vignette questions from the crowd, brainstorming data sources and analytic approaches that might be useful to address them.

Format 

Recorded webinar.

This content was recorded during the APA 2023 Annual Meeting.

Learning Objectives 

1. Name the types of trafficking and be informed of 3 red flags used to identify victims.
2. Learn 3 questions used commonly in screening questionnaires.
3. Understand the role of the healthcare provider and the public health approach to identifying and treating victims of human trafficking.
4. Articulate the barriers for health care professionals to identify these victims.
5. Implement trauma informed care and provide resources appropriately.

Target Audience 

Residents/Fellows, Psychiatrists, Psychologists

Estimate Time to Complete 

Estimated Duration: 1.5 hours
Program Start Date: May 1, 2025
Program End Date: May 1, 2028

How to Earn Credit 

Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may do so after completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned. 

Continuing Education Credit  

In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association 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. 

The APA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Faculty and Planner Disclosures 

The American Psychiatric Association adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity — including faculty, planners, reviewers or others — are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity. 

Instructors 

• Michael Sernyak, MD
• Walter Mathis, MD
• Oluwole Jegede, MD, MPH
• Peter Kahn, MD

Planners  

• Vishal Madaan, MD, Chief of Education and Deputy Medical Director at the American Psychiatric Association.

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