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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