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This training program is designed to empower medical and mental health professionals with essential knowledge in providing inclusive care for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals.

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This course explores current trends in cancer screening among racial and ethnic minority women, including their cultural beliefs and perceptions about cancer and health care, attitudes toward cancer screening, and barriers to screening. It covers breast and cervical cancer screenings and assists practitioners in communicating to patients in a culturally sensitive manner and developing culturally relevant screening promotion programs.

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This course reviews crisis theory and family systems theory as applied to families of chronically ill patients, covering areas of family life impacted by chronic illness, family responses to stressors, caregiver stress, and the role of gender, culture, race, and ethnicity. By understanding the social impact chronic physical illness has on the family system, nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists and other service providers will be better positioned to provide effective services and empower families.

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This course educates healthcare professionals about the epidemiology and treatment of overweight and obese patients, covering clinical presentation, diagnosis, behavioral and pharmacologic management, surgical options for morbidly obese patients, and current reimbursement issues using current national guidelines.

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Overview of the cultural context of infertility, discussing how women and children are viewed by different cultures, cultural meanings of infertility, psychological and social consequences, coping patterns, and culturally sensitive practice guidelines for working with couples from diverse racial and ethnic minority groups experiencing infertility.

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This course provides an overview of the impact of spirituality on health and mental health, with an emphasis on minority cultural and spiritual beliefs. An assessment and integration plan is also included.

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A basic overview of individuals experiencing gender dysphoria, covering the spectrum of gender identity variations, prevalence of transgender individuals, barriers to care, unique healthcare needs, approved standards of care, endocrine management, non-surgical interventions such as voice therapy and counseling, surgical interventions, and care for transgender children and adolescents.

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This course summarizes the revised ASERVIC competencies and their application in the counseling process, explaining why it is important for counselors to be proficient in each area before working with spiritual and religious issues in counseling. These competencies will enable counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, and allied professionals to develop a framework to assist them in understanding and working effectively with clients' spiritual and religious lives.

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This course examines the scope of custodial grandparenting in the United States, including demographics, and discusses the range of social, psychological, economic, family, mental health, and physical/health implications of being a custodial grandparent. It provides clinicians with information about life transitions, disruptions, and needs of grandparents and dynamics of skipped-generation family structures.

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This course highlights the unique needs of bisexual clients or those who otherwise identify in a non-binary way in the realm of sexual identification and expression. Professionals will learn valuable tools and approaches for strengthening their rapport with bisexually identified clients, with an emphasis placed on evaluating one's own biases around sexual identify and expression. The course also presents a basic plan for addressing oppressive cognitions as part of trauma-focused care.

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This course is designed for healthcare professionals whose patients are taking or are interested in using complementary therapies to manage symptoms of menopause. It covers complementary and alternative medicines, supplements, lifestyle changes, and complementary modalities so that healthcare professionals can provide evidence-based recommendations.

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This course provides healthcare professionals with knowledge to increase their understanding of acupoint and acupressure therapies, including acupuncture, moxibustion, acupressure, and transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEAS), so they can provide evidence-based recommendations on the use of these treatments.

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Dietary supplement use is increasingly common. In addition to their use for the management of medical conditions, dietary supplements are often misused or abused for recreation, body image concerns, athletic performance, and mood enhancement. Healthcare professionals should be well informed about these commonly abused supplements so that they can understand what they are and how they work and provide adequate safety warnings.

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A course providing a basic overview of human trafficking, covering definitions, forms of trafficking, vulnerability factors, traffickers, impact on victims/survivors, identification and assessment, and response/follow-up for practitioners who may intervene in suspected cases of human trafficking and/or exploitation.

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This course describes how victims of abuse can be accurately identified and provides the community resources available in the state of Pennsylvania for child abuse victims. Mandated reporter laws will also be outlined.

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Healthcare professionals are in a unique position to assist in the identification, education, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. This course describes how victims of abuse can be accurately identified and provides the community resources available in the state of New York for child abuse victims. Mandated reporter laws will also be outlined.

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This course educates mental health professionals on how to provide compassionate and competent care within the boundaries of appropriate practice, addressing how proper boundaries and awareness minimize burnout and vicarious traumatization while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness.

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A comprehensive course on assessment and management of pain in palliative and hospice care environments, providing knowledge necessary for interdisciplinary healthcare team members to understand and address the varied needs of patients during the end-of-life period.