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2025 Women in Medicine Conference | CME, Evaluation, & Certificate of Completion

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How to Obtain Certificate of Completion

To obtain your certficate of completion, simply fill out your online evaluation. After clicking "Submit" at the end of your evaluation, you will be redirected to a PDF of the certificate. You can then print out the certificate and fill in your information for your own records.

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Evaluation

Accreditation Statement

CME Category 1: 6.5 Total

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements of the Washington State Medical Association through the joint providership of Providence Health Care and the Spokane County Medical Society. Providence Health Care is accredited by the WSMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians

Providence Health Care designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the criteria for up to 6.5 hours of Category 1 CME credit to satisfy the re-licensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission.

Meeting Objectives

At the conclusion of this program participants will be able to:

Rebecca R. Burson, DO: Belonging Starts with You: The Role of Building Community as a Way of Flourishing

  • Look at the science of belonging-as-medicine.
  • Challenge the myth of separation.
  • Interrogate barriers to connection and participants think through actionable ways to overcome those barriers in small ways.

Julie Kaczmark, MD, FACR: Finding Joy in the Journey: Avoiding burnout in medicine

  • Identify why burnout occurs commonly in medicine.
  • Describe three key strategies medical providers can utilize to experience joy in their career and personal lives on a daily basis.
  • How does finding balance in medicine look different for medical student, resident, new in practice
    practice for 10-20 years, and later in practice.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Trinity R. Wood, MS2; Hanna Meek, DO, PGY-II; Marjorie Schoen, MD; Stephanie Posten, DO, FAAP; Kristi Rice, MD: Maintaining Balance At Every Stage in Your Career

  • Learn more about finding balance in medicine in every stage of your career.
  • Discuss and develop strategies for balance.

Sherri Lynch, PhD: Leading With Allyship: Empowering Women in Medicine

  • Look at “What is Allyship?”
  • Learn strategies on how to practice it.

Breakout Roundtable Discussion on Leadership

  • Discuss specific examples of challenges experienced.
  • Discuss strategies for overcoming these challenges.

Kelley Mathia, MD: Menopause is Hot Right Now!

  • Learning that there are many more conditions and concerns to treat in the perimenopause and menopause patient besides vasomotor symptoms and bone loss.
  • The basics of treating and counseling the midlife woman.

Kelli Pearson, DC, DABCO, FICC: Conversations That Connect - The Art of Learning and Understanding Another Human With a Different Perspective

  • Understand how to set up a possible conversation, owning the few rules required to be successful.
  • Participate successfully in a conversation with someone who thinks differently than you do and truly enjoy the process.

Travis R. Messinger, CFP®, CEPA®: Preparing for Retirement

  • Review of budgeting and the different categories of income and types of expenses to consider when reviewing cashflow needs in retirement.
  • Review of Social Security/Medicare Coverage and Costs.