Meeting of the Minds

CEUs

The 2025 Meeting of the Minds conference has applied for the following CEUs for sessions:

Missouri Credentialing Board (MCB) for Substance Abuse Prevention Professionals

The Missouri Credentialling Board has approved Meeting of the Minds for 16 credit hours. 

CEUs for Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers through Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH)

The University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and will maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.

MIMH awards 16 clock hours or 19.2 contact hours (1.92 CEUs) for this program, including 0 clock hour(s) towards ethics, 4 clock hour(s) towards suicide prevention, and 4 clock hour(s) towards cultural competence.

Program # 25115 | Date(s): April 10-12, 2025 | Title: Meeting of the Minds| Format: Live In-Person, Synchronous Learning | Location: Marriott St. Louis Airport, 10700 Pear Tree Lane, St. Louis, MO 63134| Awarded CEs: 960 minutes total; 16 clock hours, 19.2 contact hours (1.92 CEUs)
Suicide Prevention Hours:

  • April 10th, 6pm-8pm: Dinner, Presentation of 2025 Partners in Prevention Awards, and Keynote: Turning Pain into Purpose, Martha and Chris Thomas, The Defensive Line (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)
  • April 11th, 11am-12pm: Session Block 4, 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in Missouri (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)
  • April 12th, 9:45am-12pm: Extended Sessions: Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
    (120 minutes; 2 clock hours)

Cultural Competence Hours:

  • April 11th, 9:45am-10:45am: Session Block 3: Acculturative Stress Faced by International Students: How Can We Better Support Them? (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)
  • April 11th, 9:45am-10:45am: Session Block 3: Domestic and Sexual Violence 101 (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)
  • April 11th, 11:00am-12:00pm: Session Block 4: Compassionate and Comprehensive Support for Transgender Students (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)
  • April 11th, 1:30pm-2:30pm: Session Block 5: Improving LGBTQ+ Inclusivity using the Healthcare Equality Index (60 minutes; 1 clock hour)

POST (Peace Officer Standards) for Law Enforcement

The following sessions have applications pending for POST credit:

  • Full Day Law Enforcement Institute, April 10th, 10:00am-5:00pm: Over the Counter, Under Arrest
  • Afternoon Half-Day Workshop, April 10th, 2:00pm-5:00pm: Responding to Addiction
  • Keynote, April 11th, 8:00am-9:15am: Considering Cannabis: The Importance of Prevention on College Campuses
  • Session Block 3, April 11th, 9:45am-10:45am: Domestic and Sexual Violence 101
  • Session Block 3, April 11th, 9:45am-10:45am: Helping Today’s Students Make The Choice Not to Become Tomorrow’s Impaired Drivers
  • Session Block 4, April 11th, 11:00am-12:00pm: Disarming Suicide
  • Session Block 4, April 11th, 11:00am-12:00pm: From Concept to Community: Strategies for Supporting Students in Recovery on Campus and Beyond
  • Session Block 4, April 11th, 11:00am-12:00pm: “Replacement Smokers”: the Tobacco Industry’s Targeting of Young and Disadvantaged Audiences
  • Session Block 5, April 11th, 1:30pm-2:30pm: Enhancing Campus Safety: Integrating Prevention and Law Enforcement Strategies
  • Extended Session, Blocks 6 & 7, April 11th, 2:45pm-5:00pm: Everything You Need to Know About Cannabis
  • Session Block 7, April 11th, 4:00pm-5:00pm: Crafting Your Personal Resiliency Toolbox
  • Keynote, April 12th, 8:00am-9:15am: How We Think About Substance Use Matters: Transformative Reflections for Student Support
  • Extended Session, Blocks 8 & 9, 9:45am-12:00pm: Policy and Enforcement: Community Collaborations to Address Substance Misuse

CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) Credit through NCHEC

CHES credit through NCHEC has certified the Meeting of the Minds conference for up to 22 hours of continuing education credits (15 for sessions during the regular conference and 7 for the NABITA Risk Rubric Training)

Continuing Education for Nurses/Continuing Medical Education

Successful Completion Requirements

Successful completion of this activity, which includes payment in full, participating in the educational offering, participating in the evaluation process, and completing the verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements for continuing education.

Joint Provider Disclosure

This educational offering is jointly provided with the University of Missouri Partners in Prevention/Central College Health Association, MU Continuing Education for Health Professions, MU Sinclair School of Nursing, and MU School of Medicine.

Provider Approval Statements

Continuing Medical Education

The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 17.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Contact Hours

University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Participant may earn 17.5 hours.

Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosure

Current ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) and Midwest Multistate Division, ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation) rules state that participants in continuing education activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial interest in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form for Meeting of the Minds.

No speaker or planning committee member has a relevant financial interest.

The following sessions are pending approval for continuing education for nurses/continuing medical education credit:

  • NABITA Risk Rubric Course (By Invitation Only, Registration Required in Advance)
  • An Overview of Best Practices for BIT/Care Teams
  • Funding for Health and Wellness Services for Different College Campuses
  • Community Mobilizing and Collaborative Leadership through Stakeholder Mapping: Building University-Wide Well-Being Initiatives
  • The Outsourcing of a Regional Comprehensive’s Medical Clinic – 2 Years Later
  • Applying Lessons Learned in International Immunization Student Compliance – One Year Later
  • How We Think About Substance Use Matters: Transformative Reflections for Student Support (keynote)
  • “Replacement Smokers”: the Tobacco Industry’s Targeting of Young and Disadvantaged Audiences
  • Compassionate and Comprehensive Support for Transgender Students
  • Substance Use Considerations, Preventions, and Support for Transgender Students
  • Putting Your Plans into Action: Maximizing the Application of Evidence-Based Alcohol Prevention
  • TB Screening and LTBI in a College Setting
  • Common Lower Extremity Injuries and How to Treat Them
  • AAAHC Accreditation: Ins, Outs, and Version 43 – Part 1
  • AAAHC Accreditation: Ins, Outs, and Version 43 – Part 2
  • Strengthening Tobacco-Free College Policies Together
  • Promoting LGBTQ+ Wellness in Higher Education: Strategies for Campus Communities
  • Domestic and Sexual Violence 101
  • Planning and Prioritizing Prevention: The Role of Evidence-Based Strategies (and Going Where Your Data Take You)
  • Considering Cannabis: The Importance of Prevention on College Campuses (keynote)
  • The Real Cost of Vaping: Understanding the Physical & Mental Health Impacts
  • Three Ounces of Prevention: PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP
  • Nicotine Screening & Treatment Implementation in Campus Clinical Settings
  • Leading by Example: Tobacco/Nicotine Influence on the Workplace
  • Small Pouches, Big Questions: Exploring Novel Nicotine Products
  • Responding to Addiction
  • Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
  • Supporting the Wellbeing of Sex Working Students: Campus Policies and Inclusion
  • Reproductive & Sexual Health Equity and Access in Missouri
  • Unmasking the Norm: How Objectification and Sexual Violence are Perpetuated in Pop Culture