“Book club” Course Format:

1. Purchase the course (with or without the book, see below). Quiz and evaluation links will be emailed to you, as well as a PDF of the final quiz to use as you read along.
2. Purchase or borrow the book or audiobook (if not purchased with course). If you purchased a book with the course it will ship within a few days.
3. Complete the book on your own schedule.
4. Pass a 41-question quiz online (must pass with an 80% or higher). Quiz may be taken 3 times. If not passed after 3 attempts, CEU credit will not be awarded, per NSGC guidelines.
5. Complete the course evaluation.
6. You will receive an email within 1 business day confirming completion of the CEU program. This email is sent manually so don’t worry when you don’t receive it immediately. You can confirm your score (of 80% or higher to pass) on your own quiz.
7. All courses finished each month will be submitted to NSGC the first week of the next month. Official CEU certificates will be issued within two weeks of that submission. The last day to finish a course (pass the quiz & complete the eval) is December 8, 2024 if you want your CEU certificate issued by NSGC in 2024. If NSGC CEU certificate is needed sooner, please email brittany@theceushop.org and I will be happy to submit to NSGC immediately.

General Description:

The purpose of the CEU program “Book Club – Legacy by Uché Blackstock, MD” is to increase the readers’ knowledge of how racism has impacted the health and healthcare experiences of diverse populations in the United States. This book teaches about current and historical examples of systemic racism, and how to use this information to deliver more equitable healthcare going forward. The target audience is all genetic counselors regardless of specialty or workplace. Material covered and skills gained by participants support the Practice-Based Competency to: Demonstrate how disparities, inequities, and systemic bias affect access to healthcare for diverse populations.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss how systemic racism impacts the health of Black people in the United States.
2. Discuss historical events that have contributed to systemic racism in healthcare in the United States.
3. Apply culturally responsive care in one’s genetic counseling practice.

Link to author’s website (clicking will take to you an external site)

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Reviews

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book. The illuminating: the devastating cycle of racism in our healthcare system. The stirring: the inimitable family and career of Dr. Uché Blackstock and her quest to dismantle medical racism.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist

“Legacy is both a compelling memoir and an edifying analysis of the inequities in the way we deliver healthcare in America. Uché Blackstock is a force of nature.” —Abraham Verghese, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Covenant of Water

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock, MD is a New York Times Bestseller, published in 2024.

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🇺🇸 The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized The CEU Shop  to offer up to 0.81 CEUs or 8.10 Category 1 contact hours for the activity Book Club – Legacy by Uché Blackstock, MD. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor recertification.

🇨🇦 This conference has been approved by the Canadian Board of Genetic Counselling (CBGC) for 8.4 CECs. Use coupon code “NOCEU” when purchasing if you ONLY want to claim Canadian CECs. If you do your attendance will not be submitted to NSGC for CEUs.