The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) released a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on-demand webinar, The Significance of Race and Ethnicity in Person-Centered Pharmacy Care, which explores factors influencing racial and ethnic equity in the practice of pharmacy. By understanding how social determinants of health, cultural competency, and diversity in the pharmacy workforce affect patients, pharmacy staff can improve patient care and outcomes in underrepresented populations.

Pharmacists frequently interact with patients of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, oftentimes different than their own. By gaining a deeper understanding of factors that can affect patients in underrepresented populations, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can better care for the people in their communities. This on-demand webinar explores:

  • the significance of race and ethnicity in person-centered care,
  • the social determinants of health to be considered when counseling patients,
  • the importance of cultural humility when interacting with patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and
  • the effect that underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority groups in the pharmacy workforce has on patient experiences and outcomes.

NABP developed this recording as part of a grant project that aims to increase the number of individuals in racial and ethnic minority groups working in health care professions and to improve health outcomes for underrepresented racial and ethnic populations in the United States. The three-year grant project is a collaborative effort with seven other organizations and is supported by the Office of Minority Health of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The webinar is available as both a home study for accredited continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit or as a non-CPE credit video. Visit the NABP website to learn how to access either version of the webinar. To explore more information about this topic, visit the DEI Initiative web page to learn how NABP is working to build a health care community rooted in these pillars and read more about the grant project in the February 2023 issue of Innovations®.

About NABP 

NABP is the independent, international, and impartial 501(c)(3) nonprofit Association that assists its state member boards and jurisdictions in protecting the public health. NABP was established in 1904 to assist the state boards of pharmacy in creating uniform education and licensure standards. Today, we help support patient and prescription drug safety through examinations that assess pharmacist competency, pharmacist licensure transfer and verification services, and various pharmacy accreditation and inspection programs.

About the Grant 

This project is supported by Award Number 6 CPIMP211316-03-01 issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,002,100 with 100 percent funded by the Office of Minority Health (OMH). The contents are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor endorsement by, OMH, OASH, HHS, or the US Government. For more information, please visit https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov.

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