A Hot Potato in Health Care: Whose Responsibility is it to Advocate for Cancer Screenings for SGM Patients?

CMEO BriefCase

Premiere Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

This activity offers CE credit for:

All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Credit Expiration Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available

Faculty

Statement of Need

Gendered and heterosexual presumptive care settings are commonplace in health care and alienate sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients from receiving routine cancer screenings. Gendered references to gynecologic and breast cancers as women’s cancer, and prostate cancer as men’s cancer, is deeply rooted into the health care system. By disentangling gender from cancer and breaking down heteronormative assumptions, clinicians can provide equitable care to all patients, and critically, improve outcomes for SGM patients. National surveys and published literature show that SGM patients often delay cancer screenings and care for fear of stigma or mistreatment, which may result in later cancer diagnoses and poorer outcomes. Health care professionals who are trained in culturally relevant and humble care engage patients in discussions about the need for cancer screenings. Providing equitable care to SGM patients requires changing the practice environment, patient communications, and information gathering processes to create an inclusive, affirming, and welcoming experience for diverse genders and sexual orientations. These changes can only be effective if the entire team, clinical and non-clinical staff alike, are trained in culturally relevant and humble education as they interact and care for SGM patients.

In this CMEO BriefCase, faculty will use case-based learning to connect gendered and heterosexual presumptive care settings to health inequities and poor outcomes for SGM patients, and then, provide examples of how to create welcoming, inclusive environments and practice cultural humility with patients.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:

• Identify techniques for providing culturally relevant communication regarding screening needs to SGM.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Target Audience

Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses and pharmacists specializing in oncology, obstetrics, gynecology, infectious disease, and/or primary care

Credit Information

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Physicians (ACCME):
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses (ANCC):
This activity is designated for 1.0 contact hours.

Note to Nurse Practitioners:
Nurse practitioners can apply for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). AANP will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from Jointly Accredited Organizations. Nurse practitioners can also apply for credit through their state boards.

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This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. CME Outfitters LLC’s provider number is CEP15510.

Pharmacists (ACPE):
This knowledge-based activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours (0.10 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit (JA0007185-0000-22-049-H04-P).

PAs (AAPA):
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ABIM MOC Credit:
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MIPS Improvement Activity:
This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and attempted to resolve any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

Dr. Dizon reports the following financial relationships:

Consultant: DSMB/IDMC activities for AstraZeneca and Clovis Oncology.

Research Support: Bristol Myers Squibb (institutional support) and Pfizer Inc.

Other financial or material support: Board member for the LGBTQ Cancer Network.

Dr. Quinn reports the following financial relationships:

Consultant: Flo Health, Inc.

The following peer reviewer and CME Outfitters staff have no financial relationships to disclose:

Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Julie Strickland, PharmD (planning committee)

David Modrak, PhD (planning committee)

Thomas Mitchell (planning committee)

Kathleen Blake, PhD (planning committee)

Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)

Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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