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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CME/CE Information

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 1.00 ABIM MOC

Release Date: 12/6/2023

Expiration Date: 12/6/2025

Topics

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.

CME/CE Information

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Accreditation Statement

Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

Pri-Med Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Information

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Instructions for Obtaining Credit

Once you have completed the activity, please click the "next" button to advance to the post-activity assessment. To complete this activity and claim credit, you must answer 3 out of the 4 questions correctly. If you are not successful after your first attempt, you will be given an opportunity to reflect upon the answer rationales and have the opportunity to review the educational content before proceeding. Once you have selected your answers, click the "submit" button to complete the evaluation questions and proceed to the claim credit screen. For PAs, the NCCPA accepts for Category 1 CME credit activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

First Steps in Diversity, Cultural Humility, and Patient Care

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