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Join leaders in healthcare and medical education from Nashville and the surrounding areas of Tennessee as they discuss navigating health equity issues in their institutions. Phil Accooe, Co-Chair of the AABB Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Committee will facilitate a discussion among panelists representing large healthcare systems, community hospitals, academic medical centers, and medical educators. Ample opportunity will be provided for questions from the audience.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss what health equity means to a variety of healthcare organizations, and professionals advocating in the field.
Recount ongoing health equity challenges facing equity-deserving populations.
Review efforts by medical educators and professionals in the field to recognize and mitigate bias.
Identify strategies to promote health equity and enact change at your institution.
Moderator(s):
Phil
Accooe,
MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CLS,
Supervisor, Transfusion Service Laboratory,
VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHCS)
Speaker(s):
A. Dexter
Samuels,
Senior Vice President for Student Affairs,
Meharry Medical College
Katina
Beard,
MS,
Chief Executive Officer,
Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center
Selena
McCoy Carpenter,
Senior Population / Public Health Program Manager,
Vanderbilt University, Office of Health Equity
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
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Credits Available
AM23-MN-38-O: Equity in Healthcare Panel Discussion (Enduring) Evaluation