Advance Care Planning Experiences Among Sexual and Gender Minority People (1 credit hour)

This course highlights a scientific research study.

Program Summary:   This course explores the advance care planning experiences of sexual and gender minority people and highlights the results of a qualitative research study.  Three main themes are discussed:  1. Fear of discrimination limits disclosure of SOGI and affects selection of clinicians 2. Concerns about whether EOL preferences and appointed MDMs would be supported and 3. Most discussions about EOL preferences occurred without clinicians.  Potential barriers to advance care planning for SGM people are identified.  Results and conclusions are given.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists.

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Course Reading:  Advance Care Planning Experiences Among Sexual and Gender Minority People

Authors:  Amanda Jane Reich, PhD, MPH; Stephen Perez, BA; Julia Fleming, MD; Priscilla Gazarian, PhD, RN; Adoma Manful, MPH; Keren Ladin, PhD, MSc; Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE; Robert Semco, BSE; Holly Prigerson, PhD; Joel S. Weissman, PhD; Carey Candrian, PhD

Publisher:  JAMA Network Open

Additional Reading:  NIA’s Tips for Talking With Your Doctor about Advance Care Planning https://www.nia.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/tips-talking-doctor-about-acp-worksheet.pdf

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining the advance care planning experiences of sexual and gender minority people.

Learning Objectives:  Identify barriers to advance care planning for SGM people.  Describe qualitative interview themes identified in the study.  Describe how discrimination influences how SGM people engage in health care and ACP.

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Course Available Until: July 31, 2027.

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1: Introduction: More than half of sexual and gender minority adults experience some form of discrimination in health care; for those who are transgender or gender nonconforming, the percentage ____________.
 
 
2: SGM communities face multilevel stressors, including
 
 
 
 
3: The stress of discrimination toward SGM individuals can reduce life expectancy by up to
 
 
 
 
4: A review of EOL preparatory behaviors found a _______________ prevalence of ACP discussions between SGM people and primary care clinicians, particularly for transgender people.
 
 
5: Survey Results: SGM and non-SGM participants differed in response to survey questions related to
 
 
 
6: Qualitative Interview Themes:  Using Table 4, which quote best captures Theme 1:  Fear of Discrimination Limits Disclosure of SOGI and Affects Selection of Clinicians.
 
 
 
7: Using Table 4, which quote best captures Theme 2:   Concerns About Whether EOL Preferences and Appointed MDMs Would Be Supported?
 
 
 
8: Using Table 4, which quote best captures Theme 3:  Most Discussions About EOL Preferences Occurred Without Clinicians.
 
 
 
9: Limitations: Which of the following is a potential limitation of this study?
 
 
 
 
10: Conclusions:  The results of this study indicate that
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: July 31, 2027.
Filed under: Cultural Competence, LGBTQ+