Register Now! Cultural Competency AND Achieving Equity in Health Care for LGBT People Webinars

“The Colorado Community Health Network, in partnership with CHAMPS and support from Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, is pleased to promote the “2015 Lunchtime Learning” Professional Skill Development Distance Learning Series! These one-hour leadership and skill development webcasts are open to all Colorado Rural Health Centers, Community Safety Net Clinics and Community Mental Health Centers.

Cost: LIVE events will be charged $50/link after the event. We encourage multiple people to participate per purchased link. Scholarships and discounts are available should financial barriers be present. Contact CCHN for more information.

Sept. 16 — Cerise Hunt, Cultural Competency: The Foundation for an Inclusive Environment: The goal of the webcast is to make clear that cultural competence requires active development and is an ongoing process that one attempts to aspire to rather than achieve.  Participants will gain skills and techniques in the following:  To be active in the process of becoming aware of personnel assumptions about human behavior, values, biases, and preconceived notions. As professionals we must shift from being culturally unaware to being culturally aware in order to create a more culturally inclusive clinic environment for patients.

Sept. 30 – Kevin Ard, Achieving Equity in Health Care for LGBT People: The goal of the webcast is to make clear that cultural competence requires active development and is an ongoing process that one attempts to aspire to rather than achieve.  Participants will gain skills and techniques in the following:  To be active in the process of becoming aware of personnel assumptions about human behavior, values, biases, and preconceived notions. As professionals we must shift from being culturally unaware to being culturally aware in order to create a more culturally inclusive clinic environment for patients.” [Source: CCHN]