L.A. Care to Host Webinar on Gun Violence Prevention

Gun violence is a public health crisis. As such, healthcare professionals must take an active role in efforts to prevent gun violence and the devastation it causes in communities all across the country. L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, is going to host a webinar to help healthcare providers develop strategies to join the effort to reduce gun violence.

Alex Li, MD, L.A. Care’s Chief Health Equity Officer, is the moderator of the webinar titled Prioritizing Patient Safety by Reducing Firearm Injury & Death: What Clinicians Can Do. The webinar will include a presentation by Amy Barnhorst, MD, Director of The BulletPoints Project, a resource for clinicians and medical educators who are committed to firearm injury prevention. 

During the webinar, participants will learn how to:
•    Identify the risk for firearm-related harm among their patients
•    Summarize ways to engage with patients to reduce the risk of firearm-related harm
•    Specify how to have culturally appropriate and respectful conversations with patients and their families to reduce firearm-related risk
•    Describe available interventions for patients at risk of firearm-related harm

The webinar is:
•    Thursday, May 11
•    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 

The webinar is in alignment with L.A. Care’s commitment to advancing health equity, which means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. It is open to all healthcare providers and they are able to earn a Continuing Medical Education credit. 

The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 10.