CareSource Education Hub

There is an urgent need to address health-related inequities in underserved and marginalized communities across the United States by providing education and sharing best practices with fellow clinicians to address bias, health care disparities, cultural humility, and structural racism.

Most clinicians believe that health care disparities are related to the systems of care rather than their own decisions on when and how to provide that care. Understanding and eliminating unconscious bias are paramount to improving patient care and achieving respectful care. CareSource and CME Outfitters are tackling this issue as a guiding force for CareSource health care professionals (HCPs).

This educational hub serves as a foundation for addressing not only the barriers to equitable health care access, medications, and follow-up but also the stigma that creates inequity and impedes care for underserved and marginalized patients. The educational activities and resources in this hub are designed to shed light on these issues, and empower HCPs with education and tools to use in their everyday settings interacting with community members.

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Educational Activities

Validating the Patient Experience through Trauma- and Gender-Informed Care

In this CME Outfitters webcast, expert faculty will discuss the complex and intrinsic impact of trauma on patient health and outcomes and define fundamental concepts of gender- and trauma-informed care to optimize medical care and patient outcomes. This webcast will provide trauma-informed principles and actionable strategies to enhance and validate the patient experience.

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Foundational Principles of Cultural Humility and Safety in Health Care Delivery

In this CME Outfitters webcast, expert faculty will discuss the principles of cultural humility and awareness, impact of unconscious and implicit bias, and critical importance of self-evaluation, personal accountability, and continual learning to enhance medical care and patient outcomes. This webcast will provide actionable strategies to promote change within the provider and the practice, laying the foundation to improve health equity.

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Examining Your Role in Inclusive Patient Management to Improve Health Equity

In this CME Outfitters webcast, expert faculty will discuss the root causes of structural racism and its deep-rooted impact on health care, influence of SDoH on patient and community health, and significance of individualized care. This webcast will provide actionable strategies to foster diversity, inclusion, equity, and equality within the health care space, laying the groundwork to advance health equity.

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Identifying and Serving Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

In this CME Outfitters webcast, expert faculty will discuss ways to identify patients with LEP as early as possible to initiate proper medical interpreter use and improve clinician/patient communication.

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Resources

Implicit Association Test

Understanding how implicit bias impacts our lives is a theme running through each of the Diversity and Inclusion activities. We all have biases; we can learn more about our biases by taking the implicit association test (IAT). This first step in understanding bias can help us unravel the myths we may have learned and move forward with compassion and cultural humility to help address health disparities today.

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Assess Food Insecurity

Over 35 million Americans are food insecure, which is associated with nearly $53 million in health care costs. As food insecurity relates to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and other health conditions, assessing patients for food insecurity is one of the most important tools physicians can use. Access these links to view this simple 2-question survey and other tools available to assess food insecurity in patients of all ages.

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Clinician Guide to Implementing Gender-Neutral Terminology

Using assumptive or gendered terms for pronouns, relationships, or bodies in health care can be harmful to patients because it reinforces stereotypes around gender expression and identity. Until the HCP has had a chance to establish patient consent around terminology, consider using gender-neutral terms to cultivate an inclusive environment for your patients of all gender identities.

Learn more about the intersections of gender, language, inclusivity, and health equity, as well as suggested language swaps in this free PDF guide.

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Clinician Guide to Understanding Pronouns

Pronouns are the language we use in order to refer to other people. In order to avoid assuming someone’s pronouns based on factors like appearance, we should routinely share our pronouns and ask for the pronouns of others. Learn more about common pronouns, the harm of assumptions, pronouns in the workplace, and more, in this free PDF guide.

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How To Be A Good LGBTQIA+ Ally

An ally is one who knows and cares about an LGBTQIA person. For some, being an ally will be as easy as breathing. For others, it will take intentional effort. To learn more about LGBTQIA+ allyship, download this free PDF guide.

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CDC's Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication

While actions speak louder than words, the right words also matter. Inclusive language is a pivotal component in communication between providers and patients and is necessary to promote and instill health equity.

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Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence

Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are the foundation of respectful care. Clinicians need to both understand and continually practice cultural competence and cultural humility to better engage with patients and individuals in the community. To learn more about the different principles (developmental vs. self-reflection) behind cultural humility and competency, please download this resource.

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Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma-informed care is a key component of health equity. Principles of trauma-informed care promote trust between clinicians and patients and empowers patients in their care management. To learn more, visit this link.

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Earn a Digital Badge!

Earn a Digital Badge!

CME Outfitters offers free digital badge credentials for education in Diversity & Inclusion.

 

 

Learn more about this digital credential, its earning criteria and skills here.

 

 

Why claim a digital badge?

The first step to improving your knowledge, skills and patient care is gaining expertise. The next step is letting people know. Learn more>>

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Step 1: Complete the Activity Requirements

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