Reducing Inequities in Cesarean Delivery: From Awareness to Action - Enduring

Online Activity Instructions

This continuing education activity is designed to enhance understanding of the disparities in cesarean deliveries, their health impacts, and strategies for improvement.

1. Recognize ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery rates.
2. Identify implicit bias and variability in clinical decision-making.
3. Discuss standardized data tracking and quality improvement measures.
4. Acknowledge limited access to supportive labor practices (midwifery and doula care).
5. Describe adequate prenatal education and shared decision-making.

Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:00 AM - Saturday, October 31, 2026, 8:00 AM, Online Enduring

This is a complimentary CME activity courtesy of Blue Shield of California.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Content Validity

It is policy at Scripps Health’s Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for course directors, planners, moderators, faculty, and all others in a position to control content of an educational activity disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that they may have had within the past 24 months. This policy is in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. If an individual refuses to disclose financial relationships, they will be disqualified from being a part of the planning and implementation of the activity. Owners and/or employees of an ineligible company with business lines or products relating to the content of the activity will not be permitted to participate in the planning or execution of any accredited program.

The intent of this policy is to ensure that Scripps Health CME/CE certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, consist of valid, evidence-based content, and are independent of control from ineligible companies and free of commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information was found to contain any financial relationships. This process consisted of reviewing the content, determining which financial relationships were relevant, and applying appropriate mitigation strategies. All listed relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for individuals in control of content have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

The staff in Scripps Health’s Office of Continuing Medical Education have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with any ineligible companies. Any peer reviewer who is determined to have a relevant financial relationship must recuse themselves from the peer review process.

Name	Role in Activity	Ineligible Company	Nature of Relevant Financial Relationship
Laura Burr	Moderator	None	N/A
Kelly Elmore, MD	Speaker	None	N/A
Jennifer Nuovo, MD	Course Director, Moderator,  Peer Reviewer	None	N/A
Somuadina Ojeh	Moderator	None	N/A
CME Committee	CE approval, all final decision-making on activities	None	N/A
Scripps CME	Plan, manage, implement, and reconcile CE activities	None	N/A

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Scripps Health and Blue Shield of California. Scripps Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Scripps Health designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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