Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Undergraduate Medical Education Curricular Affairs.
 
Session Title: Meeting the Needs for Primary Care: An Update on the Academic Mission
Session Speakers: Anton Alerte, MD and Autumn Leavitt, MS3
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Classroom A1 (or attend virtually on Microsoft Teams)
Meeting ID: 265 841 426 594 16
Passcode: VS3mY7jx

Session Attendance Code: BUVJEZ

Session Description: This session will focus on the UConn's efforts to address the shortages in Primary Care through the Strategic Plan for Primary Care and the Primary Care Leadership Track, which hope to address the needs by fostering mentorship and support for students through education, advocacy and research.

Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):

  1. Describe the current state of the primary care workforce in Connecticut.
  2. Describe current efforts on both the national and state levels to address the need for primary care.
  3. Describe the role of the Primary care Leadership Track.
  4. Identify the interventions available at UCONN to address the financial imbalance.
  5. Identify the interventions in the area of student research.
  6. Identify 2 interventions within the Primary Care Leadership Track.

Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. Anto Alerte and Ms. Autumn Leavitt, in their roles as speakers for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.

Speaker Off-label Statement: Dr. Anto Alerte and Ms. Autumn Leavitt, will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, and trainees at the UConn Health, School of Medicine.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

 

Session date: 
03/12/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Location: 
UConn Health/ Academic Building/ Classroom A1
263 Famington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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