Update for clinical staff at Primary Care Health Services. If you are not a staff member at PCHS and interested in this topic, please contact the MAAETC for more information at maaetc@pitt.edu or 412-624-1895.
As a result of this program, participants will have increased knowledge about the newest clinical updates for the LGBTQ population.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify key aspects of culturally competent care for patients that identify as LGBTQ
- Describe best practices for engaging patients that identify as LGBTQ in clinical services
- Utilize appropriate language when working with LGBTQ patients in clinical settings
Speaker
Darren Whitfield, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Accreditation
PSNA: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is an approved provider of continuing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity qualifies for 1.0 contact hours.
CME: 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 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care profesionals are awarded 0.1 continuing education units (CEU's) which are equal to 1.0 contact hours.
CEU: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. This program is awarded 0.10 continuing education
credits.
