Social Determinants of Health, Intersectionality, and Implicit Bias: Addressing Substance Use Disorder is organized by Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement (MMA-CQI).
Description:
Social determinants of health (SDH) include (but are not limited to) gender inequality, structural racism, stigma, poverty, citizenship status, education, housing, transportation, health systems and services, social safety network, food insecurity, unemployment/employment and working conditions, public safety, and social exclusion/inclusion. These SDH accumulate and intersect to either promote the health and well-being of communities or to prevent individuals and communities from reaching health equity. Our experiences with SDH impact implicit bias and manifest in our personal and professional lives. This training will explore how SDH create differential impacts around substance use disorder, the opioid epidemic, and the current COVID-19 pandemic and how implicit bias can impact healthcare systems. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on examples from their own experiences and discuss not only challenges, but also ways to overcome these challenges individually, and as an organization.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module, participants will be able to:
• Review and define terms related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and social determinants of health (SDH).
• Explore data on the impact of DEI and SDH issues on health care access, experiences, and outcomes.
• Describe how social determinants can explain disparities in substance and opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD) prevalence and the recovery continuum.
• Outline the meaning of DEI and SDH for approaching SUD and OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery.
• Identify implicit vs. explicit bias in various settings.
• Discuss implicit bias as a contributing factor to health and healthcare disparities.
• Outline effective strategies for engaging in dialogue around implicit bias.
Table of Contents: The units will consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Pre-Assessment
• Unit: SDOH, Intersectionality, & Implicit Bias: Addressing SUD
• Post-Assessment
Accreditation:
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity qualifies for 1.5 credits of the 3 CME credit requirement for opioid medication education found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, Maine’s legislation to address the opioid drug crisis.
This activity qualifies for 1.5 hours of the 8 hours of training on opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain required by the MATE Act.This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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