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Knowledge Gap: 
Lack of knowledge regarding health care providers’ ability to provide culturally competent care to patients from cultures different from their own. 
 

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about cultural competency and how it pertains to their respective profession.

 
Release and Expiration Dates
2/3/2016 - 2/3/2019

Objectives

1.     Identify various ways in which inadequate language service utilization can affect patient care. 

2.     Identify at least 1 alternative option within their organization to using patient family/friends as interpreters 

3.     Apply self-assessment strategies to identify and address bias/stereotypes/discriminatory beliefs and practices. 

4.     Employ various strategies to overcome barriers to cross-cultural communication.

Biographical Info
Sarah Moore, RN, MS, CHES has been a registered nurse in Northwest Arkansas for 6 years. She has worked in both the mental health and acute care settings and has spent the last 4 years providing chronic disease prevention and management education to patients. She recently completed her Masters in Science in community health promotion and has great deal of experience working with members of the community to plan and implement health improvement programs.

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Pearl McElfish
Rachel Purvis
Mike Stephens
Sarah Moore
Ralph Wilmoth

Speakers:
Sarah Moore
Carolina Vargas
Wana Bing

Moderators:
Mike Stephens
Sarah Moore
Carolina Vargas
Wana Bing

Peer Reviewers: 
Melissa Bridges
Rachel Purvis
Thomas Schulz
Jennifer Mayer

Instructions to obtain credit:

1.       Launch the activity 
2.       Complete the pre-test 
3.       View the entire activity online 
4.       Complete the post-test 
           (must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit). 
           You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score.
5.       Complete Evaluation 
Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab).

ANCC Accreditation Statement:
Center of Distance Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation

Learn OnDemand Contact Us:
For information regarding this educational activity or website, please contact

UAMS Center for Distance Health
4301 W. Markham #519
Little Rock, AR 72205
E-mail cdheducation@uams.edu 
Toll Free: 1-855-CDH-ED4U

ACCME Accreditation Statement: 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UAMS Office of Continuing Education 
4301 West Markham Street #525 
Little Rock, AR 72205 
Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968

UAMS Northwest Arkansas Contact US 
You can also contact the following UAMS Northwest presenters with any specific questions or concerns.

Mike Stephens 
Email: rmstephens@uams.edu 
Phone: 479-713-8683 

Sarah Moore 
Email: sjmoore@uams.edu 
479-713-8678 

Carolina Vargas 
Email: cnvargas@uams.edu 
479-713-8684 

Wana Bing 
Email: wibing@uams.edu 
479-713-8688

Direct Provider Statement 
“UAMS College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

Designation Statement 
The UAMS College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CE. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.

Cost to receive credit
No cost to view this educational program