Health Equity Demographics
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- Clearly define each demographic topic related to health equity
- Understand the importance of collecting health equity demographic information from the patient
- Gain knowledge and confidence in how to ask a patient for health equity demographic information
Course Description
This course includes steps and best practices for collecting patient demographic information important to establishing and an accurate and complete health record in a respectful and equitable way. This information includes patient name, legal sex, preferred language, race, ethnicity, disability needs, etc. Learners will understand key terminology, learn how to engage with the patients to collect the information, and apply their knowledge in practice scenarios.