Introduction to Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and Minority Health Disparities
hosted byVirtual Lecture Hall (VLH)Introduction to Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and Minority Health Disparities is organized by Virtual Lecture Hall (VLH).
Current CME Approval Period: May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2024
Original Release Date: May 1, 2015
Accreditation:
• 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
• 1.50 Part II MOC points
Description:
This course helps you incorporate into practice the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards of the USDHHS Office of Minority Health.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
• Describe the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards of the USDHHS Office of Minority Health and how they impact the ethical responsibilities of medical service providers.
• Define “health disparities” and how they disproportionately affect ethnic and racial minority populations in the United States.
• Recognize that “ethnicity,” “race,” and “culture” are fluid categories that overlap and also include other aspects of identity that can include religion, sexual orientation, gender, class, etc.
• Describe the practice of “cultural competence” in the health care setting.
• Successfully navigate a Mexican American patient with limited English proficiency through the process of establishing culturally and linguistically care and obtaining referrals for treatment of her asthma.
• Utilize the 7 basic components of asthma care and management according the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (2007).
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.