Course

Cultural Competence and Preventing Health Disparities for CME

Started Aug 30, 2020
2 credits

$60 Enroll

Full course description


Location:
Online

Course Type:
Self-Paced, Exam Based

Credential:
2 Hours/0.2 CEUs
 

Cultural Competence and Preventing Health Disparities for CME:

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Health disparities are an ongoing issue in the American healthcare system. These health disparities often occur because systematic barriers make accessing health care more difficult for some groups. This program looks at the social determinants of health and some ways culture affects health beliefs. The goal of this training is to expose the learner to these ideas and tools to prevent health disparities.

Topics include:

  • Factors that Cause Disparities in Health and Health Care
  • Equality, Equity, and Justice: What's the Difference?
  • Culture and Subculture
  • Social and Cultural Determinants of Health
  • Race and Ethnicity
    • What's the difference?
    • Past and Present Health Disparities
    • Ways to Improve
  • Disability
    • Definitions and Misconceptions
    • Barriers and Special Considerations
  • Gender Identity and Orientation
    • Terminology
    • Statistics
    • Concerns for Accessing Care
    • Ways to Improve

Accreditation Information:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of OHSU School of Medicine and Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. The OHSU School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medication education for physicians.

Effective date: 07/16/2024

End date: 06/30/2025

Credit Information:

OHSU School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 2.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
  • 2.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
  • 2.0 Continuing Certification point in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC).
  • 2.0 MOC point in the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.
  • 2.0 Lifelong Learning (CME) point in the in the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP MOC credit.

Through the American Board of Medical Specialties ("ABMS") ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, Cultural Competence and Preventing Health Disparities has met the requirements as a Lifelong Learning CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards:

  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Family Medicine
  • Medical Genetics and Genomics
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Opthalmology
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Preventative Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Radiology
  • Thoracis Surgery
  • Urology

https://www.continuingcertification.org/activity/cultural-competence-and-preventing-health-disparities-2/

 

Course Information:

This course is approved by the Oregon Health Authority’s Office of Equity and Inclusion as an educational training for all healthcare professionals.

Registration for this course is intended for physicians.

Contact Information:

If you have questions regarding credit or MOC II, please contact OHSU Continuing Medical Education.

If you have other questions regarding the course, please contact the OSU College of Pharmacy.

Browser Requirements:

The following browsers are supported for enrollment and completion of this course. If you are completing the course on a phone or tablet, it is recommended to utlize the Canvas app available in the Apple or Google app store.

  • Chrome 102 and 103
  • Firefox 100 and 101 (*extended releases are not supported)
  • Edge 101 and 102
  • Respondus Lockdown Browser (supporting the latest system requirements)
  • Safari 14 and 15 (Macintosh only)

For further information, to check if your browser is supported, or to upgrade your browser, please click here. 

 

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