Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1.  Identify structural barriers that LGBTQ+ patients/clients/consumers face in accessing health care (including how race, class, and other intersecting identities can play a role)

2.    Assess the extent and limitations of our own spheres of influence in terms of ability to prevent, address, and eliminate structural barriers

3.    Demonstrate supportive and problem-solving responses to use with patients/clients/consumers who may encounter a barrier we are not able to eliminate

Faculty

Janae Peters, MSW
Think Again Training and Consulting
Boston, MA
 

Davey Shlasko, M.E.d
Adjunct Associate Professor
Smith College School of Social Work
Educator/Consultant

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.