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Diversity in Colorectal Surgery

CME Credit Hours: 1

This symposium will shed light on the current healthcare trends that promote disparities in medical care as it relates to racial and ethnic minorities in this country. Our guest speakers and panel discussion will focus on solutions to address healthcare disparities in terms of equity of healthcare outcomes, research, and recruitment and education of trainees to affect change.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Recognize how implicit biases have led to the inequities in the American healthcare system
  2. State how changes in approach to patient care combat the biases and disparities
  3. Explain how modifying trainee recruitment and research practices can lead to better
    outcomes for the disparate patient population

Co-Directors

Erin King-Mullins, MD, Atlanta, GA
Wayne B. Tuckson, MD, Louisville, KY


Welcome and Introduction
Erin King-Mullins, MD, Atlanta, GA
Wayne B. Tuckson, MD, Louisville, KY

Speaker
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, Washington D.C.

Panel and Discussion
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, Washington, D.C.
Charles, Friel, MD, Charlottesville, VA
Dana Hayden, MD, Chicago, IL
Valentine Nfonsam, MD, Tucson, AZ

Closing Remarks/Wrap-Up

Adjourn