Medical Education

New CME Snack Series Provides Practical Tools for Serving Latine Patients in Pharmacy Settings

CME Outfitters is excited to launch three bite-sized, on-demand CME Snack videos designed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who want to enhance their ability to provide culturally responsive care to Latine patients. Each educational video’s transcript is available in both English and Spanish. These on-demand activities equip pharmacy professionals with practical Spanish language skills and cultural competencies to improve patient engagement and health outcomes. 

In Bridging Cultures: Foundations for Serving Latine Patients in Pharmacy Settings (1.0 CME/CE), you’ll learn to integrate Latine cultural values into pharmacy practice to facilitate trust and enhance shared decision-making, while utilizing culturally responsive communication techniques to overcome barriers such as language, documentation, and insurance challenges. Click here to participate now. 

Caring Beyond the Counter: Cultural Awareness in Action (1.0 CME/CE) focuses on patient-centered communication strategies that incorporate appropriate formality, family engagement, and effective use of interpretation services, along with plain-language and medical Spanish techniques, including teach-back methods, to enhance patient understanding during multilingual encounters. Click here to participate now. 

In Speaking with Care: Spanish Essentials for Patient Engagement (0.75 CME/CE), you’ll identify common cultural beliefs and trust-related factors that affect perspectives on illness, healing, home remedies, and medication use in Latine patient populations, and learn to integrate culturally responsive communication strategies that address traditional remedies and health beliefs alongside evidence-based recommendations. Click here to participate now. 

Together, these three on-demand CME Snacks provide pharmacy professionals with essential tools to build trust, communicate effectively across language barriers, and deliver culturally responsive care to Spanish-speaking patients. If you’re looking to enhance your cultural competency and improve medication adherence and health outcomes in diverse communities, these activities offer a clear and actionable path forward. 

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