On, August 19, over 35 physicians and residents attended the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) live webinar, Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Equity: Understanding HIV PrEP and Transgender Hormone Therapy, with speaker Erika A. Sullivan, MD, MS, a Utah Academy of Family Physicians Member. Ohio physician member Natalie Hinchcliffe, DO, moderated the webinar.
Attendees worked through many topics, including the personal and institutional changes needed to reduce LGBTQ+ health disparities and increase access to care, and the basics of providing transgender hormone therapy and HIV PrEP in a primary care setting.
When asked about the webinar, attendees had the following to share:
“Excellent talk. (The speaker had) great enthusiasm for the topic. Loved that is was at a primary care level.”
“This continuing medical education was excellent. Thank you for choosing this topic.”
“Her enthusiasm for her work with the LGBTQ+ community is inspiring.”
Looking for more programing on health equity? Check out the following opportunities from the OAFP:
Limiting Implicit Bias Training
The primary goal of this training on Wednesday, November 3, at the Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center in Lewis Center, OH, is to promote awareness of implicit bias among the entire health care team and to provide resources for mitigating the negative effects of implicit bias on patient care. The core components will include an overview describing what implicit bias is and how it operates, specifically in the health care setting, and tools for self-assessment and strategies that can be used to mitigate biases within the clinic and or health care system. Training activities will include self-assessments, application of skills to case study examples, small group discussions, and the development of an implementation plan.
Register today! A full event schedule and additional information is available on the OAFP website.
For more information on the training or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kate Mahler, CAE, or call 800.742.7327.
Health Equity & Social Justice Discussion Club
Expanded from its original, book club discussion format, the new discussion club includes critical social justice issues that fall outside of the focus of race and will alternate between traditional books and a curated collection of virtual content. Each session will take place via Zoom under the guidance of a physician moderator.
The next session will be a discussion of curated content on Disparity in Health of Immigrant and Ingenious People on Thursday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. OAFP member Alexander Curtis, MD, MPH, MA, will moderate the session. Free registration is open!
For more information, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kate Mahler, CAE, or call 800.742.7327.