Are you ready to enhance your understanding of compassionate care for your fat patients or clients? Our workshop is designed to provide healthcare professionals with invaluable insights and practical strategies for ensuring physical accessibility and comfort for fat patients and clients, especially those who are on the largest end of the fatness spectrum.
Here's a sneak peek at some of the topics we'll cover:
Tackling Fatphobia in Healthcare: Delve into the pervasive biases and stigmas surrounding fat bodies within clinical settings and learn how to combat them effectively.
Physical Accessibility Standards: Explore the importance of creating inclusive environments that accommodate the needs of individuals with diverse body sizes. From examination tables to medical equipment, we'll discuss best practices for ensuring accessibility for all.
Communication and Respectful Care: Gain essential communication skills for interacting with fat patients with empathy, respect, and sensitivity. Learn how to address medical concerns without judgment or bias.
Practical Strategies for Patient/Client Comfort: Discover practical techniques and tools for optimizing patient or client comfort during medical examinations, procedures, consultations, or other types of appointments and interactions.
Community Resources and Support: Explore available resources and support networks for fat folx and learn how to connect patients with the appropriate resources to enhance their overall well-being.
Don't miss out on this invaluable opportunity to elevate your practice and learn how to better provide compassionate care to your fat patients and clients. Register now!
This is an ASDAH Education Event. Registration is available to ASDAH Members at no additional fee and available to the public at multiple price levels. The CPE activity application for this event is pending CDR review and approval for 1.5 CPEUs.
Joining via Zoom
After purchasing or registering for your ticket for this Virtual Event, you will be emailed a link that will allow you to join the live event. This event will require you to use Zoom. Please download any needed applications and check system requirements prior to the event.
Recorded Event
This event will be recorded (both audio and visual). By registering for this event, you consent to this recording. The recording will be available to all members (no need to register to access the recording) and paid ticket holders after the presentation has ended. It may be made available in full or in part to the general public in the future at our discretion.
Closed Captioning & Language Interpretation
Automatic closed captioning, including translated captions in over 20 languages, will be available via Zoom.
*IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CANCELLATION, NON-ATTENDANCE, & REFUNDS: NO REFUNDS will be given regardless of cancellation or non-attendance. If the event is cancelled by ASDAH, a full refund will be issued.
The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) is committed to the practice of Health at Every Size® (HAES®) principles
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