What Your Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Patients Would like You to Know

Program Overview

There is a need to increase provider confidence and competency in treating LGBTQ patients. This presentation will help decrease disparities in care by helping providers examine any prejudices and biases they have. This internet enduring material is designed to address gaps related to the fact that many providers have concerns about treating LGBTQ patients and want to understand their own biases to ensure biases do not affect care.

Educational Objectives

After completing this enduring material, participants should be able to:

• Use the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to identify Clinical Guidelines.
• Describe how to take a sexual history using language preferred by LGBT patients.
• Demonstrate skill discussing sexual health issues openly with patients using non-judgmental questions about sexual practices and behaviors.
• List strategies to create a safe and welcoming environment for LGBT/Q patients.

Faculty

Drian Juarez

Program Manager, Grindr’s Grinder for Equality (G4E)

Founder of the LA LGBT Center’s Transgender Economic Empowerment Project (TEEP)

Member of the West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board

Board President of Gender Justice LA

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, course directors, planning committees, faculty and all others in control of the educational content of the CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that they or their spouse/partner may have had within the past 12 months. If an individual refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships, they will be disqualified from being a part of the planning and implementation of this CME activity. Owners and/or employees of a commercial interest with business lines or products relating to the content of the CME activity will not be permitted to participate in the planning or execution of any accredited activity.

A complete listing of disclosures for all those involved in developing and influencing the content of this activity is below.

Accreditation

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 Scripps Health and Blue Shield of California. Scripps Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians

Scripps Health designates this internet live course for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of re-licensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. The majority of state boards accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ as meeting continuing education requirements for license renewal. Nurses should check with their state’s Board of Registered Nursing regarding use of CME credit.

Physician Assistants

PAs may claim a maximum of 1 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Resolution of Conflicts of Interest (COI)

Scripps Health is required by ACCME to resolve all conflicts of interest. Scripps Health has identified and resolved all COI prior to the start of this activity by using a multi-step process.