All Trainings

January

Confronting U.S. History: We must end RACISM to end health disparities

with Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Navigate to Module 1 of Course Series

Objectives:

• Relate the history of U.S. slavery to poor health outcomes among Black subpopulations; and
• Recognize the enduring impact of racism as an ongoing threat to health equity.

February

Culturally Responsive Communication in Clinical Care

with Susan LeLacheur, DrPH and Lalit Narayan, MD.

Navigate to Module 2 of Course Series

Objectives:

• Define culturally responsive communication;
• Discuss the principles of culturally responsive communication; and
• Explain strategies for integrating culturally responsive communication into patient care.

March

How Clinicians Shape Community Narratives on HIV and COVID

with Oni Blackstock, MD

Navigate to Module 3 of Course Series

Objectives: 

• Discuss the challenges of HIV and COVID stigma;
• Justify why clinicians have a role and responsibility in shaping community narratives on HIV and COVID; and
• Review examples of community-based roles clinicians can pursue to combat HIV and COVID stigma in patient communities.

April

Restoring Patient Trust through a Health Justice Approach

with Phillip M. Alberti, Ph.D. 

Navigate to Module 4 of Course Series

Objectives: 

• Describe the AAMC health justice framework;
• Explain why a health justice approach is most effective for achieving health equity for communities and health care equity for patients;
• Review how to translate principles of trustworthiness into clinical interactions and organizational behavior

May

We Test Everyone, Unless You Say No: State Level HIV Opt Out Testing and Screening Guidelines

With Clover Barnes of DC Health

Navigate to Module 5 of Course Series

Objectives:

• Describe the District of Columbia's opt-out HIV testing and screening guidelines; 
• Explain the District of Columbia's routine HIV screening in ED settings; and
• Defend how patients have the right to informed refusal just as much as informed consent.

September

Culturally Responsive Communication, Part II: Sharing Power with Patients

With Adedotun Ogunbajo, PhD (Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies) and Elder George Kerr III (DC Center for AIDS Research)

Objectives:

• Describe culturally responsive communication;
• Identify the necessary values to facilitate culturally responsive communication;
• Practice what sharing power in the clinician-patient interaction looks like.

View Recording | Passcode: T9+D@EVL

October

Primary care IS prevention: Why PrEP Belongs in the Primary Care Setting

With Executive Director, Stephen Lee MD, MBA, DHSM and Senior Program Advisor, Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez, MA of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors' 

Objectives:

• Describe why the primary care setting is the ideal site for prevention in the healthcare system;
• Explain the role of PrEP in HIV prevention;
• Review the CDC PrEP screening guidelines.

View Recording | Passcode: @2V+N4^m

November 1st

Combating PCP Burnout with Emergent Infections

With Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Drexel University

Objectives:

• Name emergent infections in which PCPs have had to become familiar;
• Recognize signs of PCP burnout;
• List strategies to combat PCP burnout with addressing a range of emergent infections.

View Recording | Passcode:  !I.D3r11

November 29th

Culturally Responsive Communication, Part III: Language and Literacy Access

With Director of Community Organizing at Latino Commission on AIDS, Joaquín Carcaño

Objectives:

• Describe culturally responsive communication;
• Recognize the types of information clinicians need to facilitate culturally responsive communication;
• Distinguish between language and literacy access in clinical settings.

View Recording | Passcode: %^Y5jp4.