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Advancing Health Care Access and Delivery Conference | Geisinger CE

The Advancing Healthcare Access and Delivery Conference

April 21, 2026

To be held at:
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Course Director:
Amanda Mordavsky Caleb, MD Professor Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

​Target audience: Physicians, nurses, social workers, medical students, psychologists, licensed counselors, dietitians, and other health professional students, educators, healthcare staff, front office people, schedulers, and others. Individuals who identify with the populations sharing their stories (veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and the transgender community) and community allies.

Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
1. identify key health care gaps affecting veterans, individuals experiencing homelessness, and transgender patients, and describe how social drivers of health contribute to inequitable outcomes.
2. describe structural factors that impact access to health care and health outcomes for patients with complex health and social needs, including veterans, individuals experiencing homelessness, and transgender patients.
3. identify communication techniques that mitigate mistrust among patients who have experienced discrimination or fragmented care systems.
4. interpret patient narratives with humility, including recognizing how stigma, trauma, and past negative encounters may shape patient engagement.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences 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.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Worker Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6 cultural competency continuing education credits. 
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Credit Designation 
Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 
Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 6 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity