Racial Caucuses and Affinity Groups

Release Date: 11/16/2022      Expiration Date: 11/16/2023 Continue To Post-test

Activity Overview

Research has shown that concluded that unconscious or implicit negative racial attitudes and stereotypes contribute to poorer health outcomes for patients of color. Additionally, current research illuminates the minority stress model and the disproportionate impact of workplace challenges like burnout and compassion fatigue on providers of color. Healthcare professionals and health systems continue to struggle in building psychologically safe, anti-racist teams and achieving actual advances in health equity, diversity, and inclusion.

This activity will provide an opportunity to understand how identity dynamics operate in specific institutional settings, and devise strategies to overcome the barriers and oppression that are created by them.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Summarize the concept of burnout and how PoC in healthcare settings are at higher risk of burnout.
• Describe the term psychological safety and how employers should consider the unique needs of PoC in work settings.
• Describe how affinity groups and racial caucuses increase PoC psychological safety at work and can decrease burnout.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for an audience of nurses, social workers, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals.

Criteria for Success

To obtain a certificate of completion, a score of 70% or better on the post-test is required. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test and evaluation, and have received a digital copy of your certificate. You must participate in the entire activity to receive credit. There is no fee to participate in this activity. If you have questions about this activity, please contact AKH Inc.

Continuing Education Credit Information

CE Credit Provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Cancer Support Community. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nurses

Credit being awarded: 1.0 ANCC contact hour

Psychologists

Continuing education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is an approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit.

Commercial Support

There is no commercial support for this activity.

Disclosures

It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product

This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participant's misunderstanding of the content.