ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS WHILE REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY - ONLINE


CE Hours

3.00

CE Units

0.300

Activity Type

Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

Pharmacists
PHARMACY TECHNICIANS

Accreditation(s)

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Puerto Rico is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

 

 

Objectives

  • Define key terminology as it applies to the LGBTQ community and appropriately use cultural information and terminology to establish clinical relationships.
  • Identify health disparities and risk factors impacting the LGBTQ community.
  • Identify the types of oppression and discrimination that LGBTQ individuals face within the health care system.
  • Outline legal and ethical obligations associated with treating patients that identify as LGBTQ, according to Affordable Care Act and PR Department of Health recent Regulations.
  • Identify steps that providers and health care organizations can take to address underlying cultural biases and improve the provision of nondiscriminatory care for patients who identify as LGBTQ.
  • Discuss strategies for the pharmacy team to utilize in creating a patient-centered, anti-bias and anti-stigma environment to support patients.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Mayra Vega Gerena, R.Ph., MPHE
Assistan Professor, School of Pharmacy-Medical Sciences Campus-UPR

Activity Number

0151-0000-23-022-H04-P/T

Release Date: Aug 25, 2023
Credit Expiration Date: Oct 9, 2023

CE Hours

3.00

Location

Sheraton Hotel & Casino