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Virtual CME Program

First Steps in Diversity, Cultural Humility, and Patient Care

This session will shine a light on health disparities in the U.S. and ways to overcome them by embracing diversity, combatting bias, and employing cultural competency to improve patient-provider communication. These valuable tips can ultimately enhance healthcare for your patients of all races, ethnicities, and cultures.

Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording/release on 9/21/21 and they are subject to change as new information is published. 

State licensure: This activity may satisfy topic-based CME requirements on Implicit Bias, Risk Management, Patient Safety and Cultural Competency. Please check with your state licensing board for their specific requirements and print this page as documentation, as might be needed. 

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Learning Objectives

  • Explain diversity and inclusion.
  • Define race, ethnicity, and culture.
  • Evaluate health disparities in the U.S.
  • Distinguish major social determinants of health.
  • Assess cultural humility with regard to patient communication skills.

State Licensure Requirements

This session is designed to satisfy CME/CE requirements for the following states:

CT: Cultural Competency (MD)

IL: Implicit Bias (MD/PA)MA: Implicit Bias (MD/DO)

MA: Risk Management (MD/DO)

MD: Implicit Bias (MD/PA)

MI: Implicit Bias (PA)NJ: Cultural Competency (MD)

OR: Cultural Competency ((MD/PA)

PA: Patient Safety or Risk Management (MD/DO) 

RI: Risk Management (MD/DO)

RI: Cultural Competency (MD/DO)

 

Faculty

Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP

Health Sciences Clinical Professor
UC Irvine Department of Family Medicine
Assistant Dean for Culture and Community Education
Executive Director, UC Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, CA

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Gregory L. Hall, MD

Associate Professor of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
Assistant Clinical Professor in Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

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Disclosures

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by faculty, and all have been mitigated by Pri-Med Institute.

Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP: No relevant financial relationships disclosed. 
Gregory L. Hall, MD: No relevant financial relationships disclosed.

Moderator, non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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First Steps in Diversity, Cultural Humility, and Patient Care

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