LGBTQIA+ SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY (SOGI) AFFIRMING DOCUMENTATION AND SYSTEM

LGBTQ+ members often experience discrimination and marginalization which create stressors and can lead to increased risk behaviors and health challenges. The purpose of the project that these training modules are part of is to address the access issue for our LGBTQ+ members by providing them a tool to inform them of and connect them to LGBTQ+ culturally competent/ affirming providers.

Target Audience

The training modules will be required for providers who choose to be designated as an LGBTQ+ Affirming Provider in the UPMC provider directory. Through this project we will create a designation process which includes training and education materials that will inform providers of LGBTQ+ concepts and terminology, health disparities and how to apply best practices for clinical and non-clinical care of LGBTQ+ patients.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify verbal, nonverbal, and written practices in health care where information on SOGI is, or should be, communicated.
  • Identify disparities and traumatizing health care experiences related to existing communication practices.
  • Discuss best practices in electronic (e.g., EHR) and verbal communication related to SOGI in health care.
  • Focus on hand-offs, EHR documentation, and connection between verbal communication and written documentation.
  • Identify strategies to mitigate misgendering and retraumatization through affirmative language, particularly in situations where legal name/deadname must be used under current health care laws (e.g., blood transfusion).
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/01/2021
Course expires: 
10/01/2027
Brainshark
United States

Presenter:

J.Joy Gero, PsyD, LPC - UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Planning Committee Members:

  • Kristen Eckstrand, MD, PhD - Board-certified child & adolescent psychiatrist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC
  • J. Joy Gero, PsyD - UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Dan LaVallee, MS - Senior Director, Social Impact · UPMC Health Plan
  • Michael Shirilla, MA, PMP - Project Manager, UPMC Health Plan

No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Authors disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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 healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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The content for this training is not hosted on this website, please access the training via UPMC Learning or Brainshark:

21PV2153251 - Patient Colleague Awareness - LGBTQ Affirming Provider Designation (brainshark.com)

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