Erie LGBTQ+ Health Provider Symposium on May 31 at Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center

On Friday, May 31, the Erie County Department of Health, in partnership with UPMC Hamot and TransFamily of NW PA, will present the Erie LGBTQ+ Health Provider Symposium at Crystal Ballroom at the Ambassador Banquet and Conference Center, behind the Courtyard by Marriott at 7794 Peach St., Erie, Pa. This symposium has been designed to provide up-to-date education to health care providers in order to improve health outcomes in the LGBTQ+ community. New recommendations and guidelines will be addressed through a series of lectures from professionals across the medical, mental health, and public health fields. You can get the event's brochure as a PDF here.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Family practice physicians, pediatricians, internists, pharmacists, nurses, advanced practice providers, school nurses, nursing students, medical residents, and medical students will benefit from attendance at this symposium.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1. Utilize a patient’s personal experience with providers to reflect the importance of cultural competency in health care
2. Discuss key elements of LGBTQ+ cultural competency including terminology, verbiage, understanding gender binary mindset, discrimination, and evaluating intake forms
3. Assess current practice for cultural competency and implement practice changes
4. Review the medical needs specific to the LGBTQ+ community based on Pennsylvania state needs assessment
5. Describe suggested next steps for improving health care and reducing disparities
6. Review results of adverse childhood experience study (ACES) as it relates to behavioral health and outcomes in trauma
7. Discuss risk factors for mental health disorder and identify individuals at high risk
8. Review communication strategies to encourage individuals at risk of suicide to seek behavioral therapy
9. Discuss urologic management of newborn and youth with ambiguous genitalia
10. Discuss what PrEP is and how to incorporate this into your prescribing practice
11. Review prescribing guidelines and contraindications for PrEP
12. Review strategies to increase patient compliance with PrEP
13. Review effective communication strategies to discuss sexual activity and partner history
14. Discuss updated STI testing guidelines
15. Identify tobacco cessation resources available to community
16. Outline processes and procedures for documenting tobacco use status
17. Explore brief intervention counseling for tobacco cessation
18. Identify five mental health disparities experienced by LGBTQ individuals
19. Define affirmative therapy and articulate when, and when not, to include psychiatry in LGBTQ health care
20. Discuss LGBTQ-specific behavioral health interventions and treatments

AMA ACCREDITATION

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA DESIGNATION

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of
5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals are awarded 0.5 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 5.25 contact hours.

ANCC ACCREDITATION

UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ANCC CONTACT HOURS

To receive 5.25 contact hours, the learner must attend the entire activity and complete the activity evaluation.