Join the Bay area Medical Society Coalition for a FREE CME 4-part webinar series focused on understanding and dismantling harmful behaviors in healthcare that disproportionately affect health outcomes for patients from vulnerable communities. Through a combination of robust presentations from prestigious practitioners on race, gender, and equity in healthcare, this series aims to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion, and to arm you with the skills and language to facilitate better patient outcomes.

Studies show that African American children suffer higher rates of illness and death from chronic diseases than non-Hispanic white children. Once they become adults, they are 50% more likely to die prematurely. The root causes for these disparities lie in what the World Health Organization refers to as the social determinants of health: conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These disparities, when combined with implicit bias in patient care, result in less accurate diagnoses, curtailed treatment options, less pain management, and deadly patient outcomes. 

Register for session 1 with Dr. Hairston on September 3rd, 6:30pm to learn how to: 

• Define systemic racism and implicit bias and its role in healthcare inequities.
• Recognize ways to reduce and eliminate your own bias in delivering healthcare to communities of color.
• Deconstruct social determinants of health and other factors contributing to disproportionate health outcomes for communities of color.
• Learn specific techniques to screen patients for stress and trauma and reduce bias in patient interactions

Date: September 3, 2020  
Time: 6:30-8:00pm PST
Speaker: Dr. Danielle Hairston
CME: 1.5 credits 
Via Zoom: Login info to be sent after registration

Registration Instructions: Member login is the same as CMA login

Username: MED license number
Password: Contact Sameera for assistance if unable to retrieve

Non members: Click on register and create account 

Speaker Bio: 

Dr. Hairston attended Rutgers University for her undergraduate and earned a degree in Biological Sciences. She earned her medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine. Since 2016, Dr. Hairston has chaired the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA) Scientific Program. She was recently elected as the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Black Caucus’ President. Dr. Hairston has also spoken nationally and internationally about the impact of racial trauma and culture on mental health. She is a contributing author to the recently published book, Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions. 
 

For questions or registration assistance, please contact Sameera Manucher at (760) 671-2453 or sameera@sccma.org  

 Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the California Medical Association (CMA) through the joint providership of Fresno Madera Medical Society and Santa Clara County Medical Association. Fresno Madera Medical Society is accredited by the CMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: FMMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 hour(s) of AMA PRA Category 1.5 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity