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October 2020
Region 6 Virtual Meeting
Virtual Region VI Annual Meeting Thursday and Friday, October 8th and 9th, 2020 6 CMEs Jointly Provided by: Academic Pediatric Association University of Kansas Medical School, Wichita KS Planning Committee: Phillip Abraham | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Kari Harris | University of Kansas, Wichita Russell McCulloh | University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha Sarah Vepraskas | Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee FREE REGISTRATION! Click on the link below to view full agenda and register for each respective…
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PAS Workshop: Navigating Success in Academic Medicine: A Workshop for Under-Represented in Medicine
Description: Soon after successfully becoming an academic faculty member, additional responsibilities or requests often arise for underrepresented in medicine (URiM) faculty. These additional requests or responsibilities include serving as a diversity representative or leader in their academic setting and the communities in which they live and work. This can lead to dilemmas and conflicts that extend throughout one's academic career. Those who navigate these dilemmas successfully can realize the goals and aspirations that brought them to academic medicine. Those who…
Find out more »PAS Workshop: Implicit Bias – Providers Need Screening Too: Addressing the Impact of Implicit Bias, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), and Social Determinants of Health on Pediatric Providers
Description: The role of implicit bias in health disparities has been well-documented. Programming, workshops and numerous curricula have been created to attempt to reduce bias as it relates to health care and clinical decision making. Recently, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) incorporated the expectation that programs "...must incorporate social determinants of health of populations into the design and implementation of the program curriculum, with the ultimate goal of addressing health disparities." In addition, the Centers for Disease…
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