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Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: Core Elements
Antibiotic stewardship is a movement to improve antibiotic use through evidence-based practice. Team members become the stewards of antibiotics. This helps these medications continue to effectively fight infections. Antibiotic stewardship follows core elements to improve the use of antibiotics and their outcomes. This course discusses the core elements and benefits of an antibiotic stewardship program.
Describe the elements of an antibiotic stewardship program.
Identify at least three benefits of antibiotic stewardship.
Care of Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations
All healthcare staff must be aware of the challenges that people in minority groups may experience. This includes knowing the effects of those challenges on how people seek and receive healthcare services. This course discusses sexual and gender minorities and their healthcare experiences.
Identify various terms used to describe sexual and gender minority populations.
Describe current health trends related to the sexual and gender minority population.
Choose best practices for improving the healthcare experience for sexual and gender minority populations.
Health Disparities in the LGBTQIA+ Community
Healthcare practitioners greet, assess, screen, treat, and refer LGBTQIA+ individuals every day. Some may understand the unique needs of this population. However, more information and education are needed to ensure that people are represented in research and are treated with respect and dignity when receiving healthcare. This course discusses barriers LGBTQIA+ people face in accessing healthcare, along with the physical, mental, psychosocial, and cultural factors that affect their health. It provides practical strategies for providing sensitive, informed, and inclusive care. The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with education on health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Recognize social determinants of health and health disparities among LGBTQIA+ populations.
Identify at least three barriers faced by LGBTQIA+ people in accessing healthcare.
Identify LGBTQIA+ health risk factors, including physical, mental, psychosocial, and cultural.
Recall strategies for providing sensitive and informed healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Recognize the lifespan health considerations of LGBTQIA+ individuals, including coming out and family systems.
LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Inclusion: A Foundational Overview
Sexuality and gender identity have received significant attention in the last few decades across the spectrum of health and human services. This course presents an overview of the LGBTQIA+ community and its history within society and healthcare systems. It offers definitions of key concepts and general implications for interprofessional practice.
The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with education on LGBTQIA+ history, terminology, and practice guidelines.
Medication Reconciliation: Avoiding Errors
This course is designed to enhance the skills of healthcare professionals in conducting effective medication reconciliation with the aim of avoiding medication errors. Learners will explore core concepts of medication reconciliation, review common sources of medication reconciliation discrepancies, and learn practical strategies to minimize errors in the medication reconciliation process.
Recall the steps of the medication reconciliation process.
Apply best practices for minimizing medication errors in the medication reconciliation process.
Prescription Drug Misuse and Diversion
This course equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and practical skills to address the growing concern of prescription drug misuse and diversion. Controlled substances such as opioids, sedatives/tranquilizers, and stimulants are the most misused and diverted drugs. Strategies for reducing misuse and diversion will be presented.
The goal of this course is to inform healthcare team members about their role in the recognition and prevention of drug misuse and diversion in the acute care setting.
Identify signs of prescription drug misuse.
Name at least three drug diversion scenarios and prevention strategies the healthcare team can implement.