Best Practices for Collecting Patient Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data

⏰ 15 minutes

📜 Certificate of Completion

⚖️ Meets continuing education requirements in Washington State
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Authored by the Diversity Science community of experts.
Separate versions for Nurses, Allied Health Care Providers, and Health Care Staff

Why This Course?

This eLearning experience is designed to equip you with the necessary skills, tools, and best practices to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.

In this course, you will gain a thorough understanding of why collecting SOGI data is crucial in hospitals and health centers and how to create a welcoming and respectful environment for patients. You will learn about the different terms related to sexual orientation and gender identity, their intersectionality, and how to differentiate between them. Through interactive activities and real-world scenarios, you will develop practical skills to communicate effectively with patients while collecting their SOGI data.

By the end of this course, you will have gained the necessary knowledge and skills to interact with patients in an affirming way, using best practices to ensure their SOGI data is collected respectfully and inclusively. Whether you are a healthcare professional or administrator collecting SOGI data in healthcare settings, this course will empower you with the right tools to improve patient care outcomes through positive and inclusive interactions.

Learning Objectives

  • Communicate to patients why hospitals and health centers collect sexual orientation and gender identity information.
  • Explain to patients and colleagues the definitions and differences among some sexual orientation and gender identity terms.
  • Apply best practices and strategies to interact with patients in an affirming way.

Enroll in the Course for Your Profession

Nurses


Allied Health Care Providers

Reception, Admin, Clerical Staff

What your colleagues say

I enjoyed the course. I think it did a great job of naming what stereotype threat is, what some concrete examples look like, and how to manage it in the workplace and to help others who might be experiencing it.
For my line of work these are scenarios that I deal with daily and going through this course gave me a better understanding of how to guide patients through these conversations.
In my opinion, the SOGI eLearning program is an invaluable resource for individuals seeking to broaden their understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity. The course is well-structured and straightforward, covering a broad range of topics, from SOGI basics to the particular issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community. I found the section on offering supportive care to LGBTQ+ patients particularly insightful, as it is an aspect where healthcare providers often require training. In general, I strongly recommend this course to anyone seeking to learn more about SOGI and how to be more accepting of LGBTQ+ individuals.
I thought this was extremely insightful and not something they let people talk about. I actually had never had a learning experience about this and felt like it is something that I will think about going forward…
I really enjoyed the SOGI course. I believe that it not only helped me in a healthcare setting, it also helped me be more conscious and aware of social interactions outside of it. I really learned how to communicate respectfully because of this course, thank you.
I thought it was very informative. I think it will be very helpful for healthcare workers who have to collect this information. It provided a lot of information in an easy to understand format.
An excellent and unexpectedly valuable experience.
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