The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians cordially invites you to attend a CME presentation titled\, “Recognizing and Preventing Social Engineering in Health Care.” \;

< strong>Learning Objectives

Identify the most comm on types of social engineering attacks targeting health care organizations \, including phishing\, smishing\, vishing\, quishing and business email c ompromise.
Recognize key psychological manipulation tactics used by attackers – such as urgency\, authority\, fear and appeals to helpfuln ess – and how these appear in real-world health care scenarios.
Apply practical strategies such as the SLAM method (Sender\, Links\, Attac hments\, Message) and verification procedures to evaluate suspicious commu nications and prevent successful attacks.
Describe appropriate r esponse steps when a potential social engineering attempt is detected\, in cluding reporting\, verification through official channels and promoting a no-blame security culture within the practice.

R egistration

Attendance is free\, but registration is req uired. \; \;

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Program Faculty

< strong> ravi bakshi headshot web Ravi Bakshi \, MS\, CISSP
TMF Health Quality Institute

Ravi Ba kshi\, MS\, CISSP\, is a cybersecurity analyst with TMF Health Quality Ins titute\, where he supports internal security operations and develops cyber security education programs for health care organizations across the South central CMS QIN-QIO (Region 5). His responsibilities include threat monito ring and analysis\, vulnerability management and assisting with incident r esponse efforts that enhance organizational security and resilience.

In his external role\, Mr. Bakshi creates and delivers practical cybers ecurity training designed for small- and medium-sized health care practice s\, with a focus on social engineering\, security awareness and strengthen ing day-to-day defensive practices in clinical settings.

Mr. Baksh i previously worked in technology risk management with EY and served as a Cybersecurity Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from The University of Texas a t San Antonio and holds Certified Information Systems Security Professiona l (CISSP) and CompTIA SecurityX credentials.

CME Accredit ation

The AAFP has reviewed 2026 Monthly Webinar/Gra nd Rounds Series and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Terms of approv al is from 1/20/2026 to 12/23/2026. Physicians should claim only the credi t commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Cre dit approval is for 1.00 In-Person\, Live (could include online) AAFP Pres cribed Credit(s) and includes the following session(s): “Recognizing a nd Preventing Social Engineering in Health Care.”

Questions

For questions regarding CME credit or the e valuation\, please email \;This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScrip t enabled to view it..

The Louisiana Academy of Family Phys icians cordially invites you to attend a CME presentation titled\, “Recognizing and Preventing Social Engineering in Health Care.” \;

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Learning Objectives
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Ident ify the most common types of social engineering attacks targeting health c are organizations\, including phishing\, smishing\, vishing\, quishing and business email compromise.
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Recognize key psychological manipula tion tactics used by attackers – such as urgency\, authority\, fear and ap peals to helpfulness – and how these appear in real-world health care scen arios.
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Apply practical strategies such as the SLAM method (Sende r\, Links\, Attachments\, Message) and verification procedures to evaluate suspicious communications and prevent successful attacks.
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Descr ibe appropriate response steps when a potential social engineering attempt is detected\, including reporting\, verification through official channel s and promoting a no-blame security culture within the practice.
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Registration
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Attendance is free\, but re gistration is required. \; \;
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Register Today!
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Program Faculty
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Ravi Bakshi\, MS\, CISSP
TMF Health Quality Institute
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Ravi Bakshi\, MS\, CISSP\, is a cybersecurity analyst with TMF H ealth Quality Institute\, where he supports internal security operations a nd develops cybersecurity education programs for health care organizations across the Southcentral CMS QIN-QIO (Region 5). His responsibilities incl ude threat monitoring and analysis\, vulnerability management and assistin g with incident response efforts that enhance organizational security and resilience.
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In his external role\, Mr. Bakshi creates and delivers practical cybersecurity training designed for small- and medium-sized hea lth care practices\, with a focus on social engineering\, security awarene ss and strengthening day-to-day defensive practices in clinical settings.< /p>\n
Mr. Bakshi previously worked in technology risk management with EY and served as a Cybersecurity Teaching Assistant at The University of Tex as at Austin. He earned a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from The Univ ersity of Texas at San Antonio and holds Certified Information Systems Sec urity Professional (CISSP) and CompTIA SecurityX credentials.
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CME Accreditation
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The AAFP has reviewed 2026 Mo nthly Webinar/Grand Rounds Series and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit . Terms of approval is from 1/20/2026 to 12/23/2026. Physicians should cla im only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Credit approval is for 1.00 In-Person\, Live (could include online) AAFP Prescribed Credit(s) and includes the following session(s): “ Recognizing and Preventing Social Engineering in Health Care.”
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Questions
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For questions regarding CM E credit or the evaluation\, please email \;This email address is being protected from spambots. Y ou need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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