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Health Humanities Research: Seeking Patient Narratives Focused on Empathy in Healthcare

This Health Humanities Project, conducted by the Slattery Center for Ignatian Humantiies at the University of Scranton, is looking for patient stories about their experiences with empathy in medicine, and how it plays a role in their overall care. 

If you or someone you know has a story and would be interested in sharing, please check out the linked survey. 

Thank you!

Online training for LGBTQ patient-centered care

As part of its work to promote equitable and inclusive care for LGBTQ patients and their families, TMC takes part in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equity Index, which includes free continuing medical education training in LGBTQ patient-centered care. Professional and regular staff are encouraged to register and take the training in LGBTQ culturally competent care. 

HRC Foundation Trainings through the Center for Affiliated Learning (the CAL)

The CAL is an award-winning, all-inclusive learning and training center available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The eLearning courses available through the CAL are engaging and interactive self-paced learning courses that contain audio narration, interviews, video vignettes, custom graphics, and thought-provoking interactions. These courses are developed in collaboration with nationally recognized subject matter experts and offer CME/CEU credit.

To get started, you first need to register with the CAL

Go to http://bit.ly/HRC-CAL and complete the registration form. A few notes:

• Use your TMC email, and for the address, use TMC -- 5301 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ, 85712.
• Security keyword:  HRC (it’s case sensitive)
• Facility ID: 55825
• Name of Facility/Organization: Tucson Medical Center
• Type of Organization: Hospital

Complete the rest of the fields. Once you hit “SIGN UP,” you will receive and email from armsinc@saacloud.com, which will contain a hyperlink to activate your account. When you click on this hyperlink you will be prompted to create a password. You may then register for the trainings.

(TMC IS has whitelisted the domain, so the email should come through to your inbox. Still, if it does not come in a timely manner, check your spam folder).

Once registered, staff members have the following training options:

An Introduction to your LGBTQ Patients

Introduction to Your LGBTQ Patients is a two-course series that serves as an introduction to LGBTQ health care, including strategies for delivering accessible and affirming health care. It covers common issues that patients may have and provides basic cultural competency skills for working with LGBTQ patients and colleagues. In full, this series takes 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete and is intended for all staff. You must complete both courses in the Introduction to Your LGBTQ Patients activity to receive CME/CNE credit.

Expanding LGBTQ Cultural Competency

This is a three-course series that serves as an introduction to LGBTQ health care, including strategies for delivering accessible and affirming health care. It covers common issues that patients may have and provides basic cultural competency skills for working with LGBTQ patients and colleagues. In full, this series takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete and is intended for all staff and volunteers. You must complete all 3 courses in the Expanding LGBTQ Cultural Competency activity to receive CME\CNE credit.

Questions

For questions, email pride@tmcaz.com.