US action: Ask your health care professional (doctor, nurse, therapist, etc) to watch Unrest online for credit

ahimsa

ahimsa

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Here's a relatively easy advocacy action for patients in the USA: Ask your health care professional to watch Unrest online and get continuing education credit.

What I did was print out some flyers (found here https://www.meaction.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Doctor-flyer.pdf ) and then gave them to my doctor at my last appointment (my cardiologist). He responded positively and even mentioned that a friend's son now has this diagnosis.

I plan to print more and bring them with me to other doctor appointments (eg, I need to make one with my primary care physician soon). I'm also thinking of giving a few to the pharmacists next time I go to pick up a prescription.
#MEAction has teamed up with the Time for Unrest Campaign to make using Unrest as a tool for medical education easier than ever. US healthcare providers – doctors, nurses, pharmacists, therapists and social workers – can now watch Unrest and receive continuing education credits (CE) through the American Medical Women’s Association and Indiana University School of Medicine.
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More details here: https://www.meaction.net/unrest-ce/
 
I just wanted to add that I hope this is not seen as a duplicate thread.

There is already a thread discussing the continuing education credit here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/us-he...-and-new-diagnosis-and-management-video.5880/

But I wanted to stress the action part - patient telling their doctor/nurse/therapist/etc about it, either in person with a flyer or maybe by email. Many patients who are unable to do very much advocacy work might be able to do something like this.
 
The last doctor I saw refused to take any information from me despite being abysmally ignorant.

However, I left an Unrest medical education flyer with the pharmacy onsite (I don’t even get my scripts filled there, but I did buy a decorative pill container for bringing an emergency dose in one’s bag), and they seemed very pleased to get it. It was a Kroger pharmacy.
 
ahimsa said:
Here's a relatively easy advocacy action for patients in the USA: Ask your health care professional to watch Unrest online and get continuing education credit.

What I did was print out some flyers (found here https://www.meaction.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Doctor-flyer.pdf ) and then gave them to my doctor at my last appointment (my cardiologist). He responded positively and even mentioned that a friend's son now has this diagnosis.

I plan to print more and bring them with me to other doctor appointments (eg, I need to make one with my primary care physician soon). I'm also thinking of giving a few to the pharmacists next time I go to pick up a prescription.


More details here: https://www.meaction.net/unrest-ce/
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Nice work, @ahimsa :)

I’m not sure how it works in the US, but here most clinics, health centers, etc., usually have a board with a variety of health related info. I would pin a flyer to every single one I came across. Even if they take it down, at least they will see it, and maybe some other people too.
 
WillowJ said:
The last doctor I saw refused to take any information from me despite being abysmally ignorant.
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Argh! :mad: Sorry to hear that :(

Obviously, some doctors just don't want to listen to patients. I've had quite a few of those. That's why I stick with my current primary care physician and cardiologist. I've been seeing those same two doctors since 1994 and 1995 respectively.
WillowJ said:
However, I left an Unrest medical education flyer with the pharmacy onsite (I don’t even get my scripts filled there, but I did buy a decorative pill container for bringing an emergency dose in one’s bag), and they seemed very pleased to get it. It was a Kroger pharmacy.
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Great! Since this continuing education credit covers so many types of health care professionals I am trying to think about other places where I can leave these flyers (with permission, of course).
 
ahimsa said:
Obviously, some doctors just don't want to listen to patients. I've had quite a few of those. That's why I stick with my current primary care physician and cardiologist. I've been seeing those same two doctors since 1994 and 1995 respectively.
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That’s cool you have two good doctors.

I like my (new) PCP and cardio (of a few years), too. There are some good doctors out there.

Edit: fix the quote box(es: there were two!)
 
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