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0748_Navigating Care: Spine Health and System-Wide Challenge_Live

August 8, 2025

Description: 

This educational event focuses on the importance of spine health and provides an overview of the complexities involved in spine care. Participants will explore systemwide challenges, including barriers to effective treatment and coordination. Emphasis will be placed on the value of a multidisciplinary team approach, fostering collaboration among care teams. Attendees will gain insight into potential solutions to enhance patient care.
 

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Target Audience

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Social Worker (SW) 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe key clinical and operational complexities in spine care.
2. Identify system-level barriers that impact timely and effective spine health management
3. Apply evidence-based principles to determine appropriate levels of care and make informed referrals to spine specialists to improve patient outcomes.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physician Credit 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 2.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

     

  • 2.00 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 2.00 ASWB-ACE

    Social Work Credit 

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work 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 2.00 continuing education credits.

     

  • 2.00 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

     

Course opens: 
08/08/2025
Course expires: 
09/08/2025
Event starts: 
08/08/2025 - 9:00am PDT
Event ends: 
08/08/2025 - 11:00am PDT
Rating: 
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AGENDA 

8:30 – 9:00 am 

Doors open, registration, and breakfast 

9:00 – 9:05 am 

 

 

9:05 – 9:10 am 

 

 

9:10 – 9:55 am 

Welcome and Introductions 

Marla Arata, Director of Wellness, Gould Medical Group 

Pre-Lecture Questions 

Navigating Care: Spine Health and System-Wide Challenges 

Dr. Gary Alegre 


Orthopedic Surgery, Gould Medical Group, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation 

9:55 – 10:05 am 

 

 

10:05 – 10:15 am    

 

Q&A with Dr. Alegre on Spine Health and System Wide Challenges 

 

 

Break 

10:15 – 11:00 am 

 

 

Navigating Care: Spine Health and Overview of Spinal Pathologies 

Dr. Gary Alegre 

Orthopedic Surgery, Gould Medical Group, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation 

 

11:00 – 11:10 am 

 

11:10 – 11:20 am 

 

11:20  – 11:30 am 

 

 

Q&A with Dr. Alegre on Spinal Pathologies 

 

Post Lecture Questions/Evaluations/Credit Claiming   

 

Closing Remarks 

Marla Arata, Director of Wellness, Gould Medical Group 

Dream Inn
175 W. Cliff Dr.
Santa Cruz, CA
United States

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

 No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D. 

Committee Member(s)

Marla Arata, BS, MAC, LMFT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Marie Danica Acedillo

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Gary Alegre, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Marla Arata, BS, MAC, LMFT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Gary Alegre, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 2.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses, and 2.00 continuing professional development contact hours for social workers. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

 

Attendance & Credit Claiming

Text the 6-letter attendance verification code to (916) 866-7913 to claim credit.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physician Credit 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 2.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

     

  • 2.00 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 2.00 ASWB-ACE

    Social Work Credit 

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work 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 2.00 continuing education credits.

     

  • 2.00 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

     

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