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ForwardBuilding a Culture of Safety and Sensitivity for the LGBTQIA+ Community
Activity description
The purpose of this training is to build competency in unconscious bias, LGBTQIA+ inclusive language, and learn best practices in which clinicians can better build a safe and sensitive culture for their LGBTQIA+ patient populations.
During the session, participants will learn best practices to better support their patients in the LGBTQIA+ community.
PLEASE NOTE: These materials are intended ONLY for those who attended a live session.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Reliant Medical Group.
Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
Target Audience
This activity is designed to develop a knowledge of inclusive language and behaviors that support the development of a safe and culturally sensitive environment for patients in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Explain the importance of providing care to the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Demonstrate appropriate use of inclusive language.
- Apply knowledge gained to effectively practice cultural competence, sensitivity, and humility.
- Describe knowledge learned through case studies.
Faculty and Planners
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Jessica Young, BBA, MHB
Sr. Director, Inclusion & Learning
Reliant Medical Group
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
To apply for credit types not listed below, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Reliant Medical Group. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.50 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 1.50 CE hours.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.
Counselors and/or marriage and family therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA and ASWB for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA or ASWB approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals, such as those listed below. Check with your board to be sure.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA - Physicians
- 1.50 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.50 APA - Psychologists
- 1.50 Attendance - General Attendance
These materials are intended ONLY for those who attended Advanced Charting for Clinicians.
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