21 - “I Don’t See Race”: The Impact a Colorblind Constitution Has on Clinical Disparities, Medical Education and the Workforce in Infectious Diseases

Thursday, October 17, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US PT

Location: 515 A

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Paul Pottinger, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Flores, MD, MPH, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States

Faculty(s)

Michael Koster, MD (he/him/his)

Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI, United States
Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP, FACP (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Sabina Holland, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Disclosure(s):

Paul S. Pottinger, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Anthony R. Flores, MD, MPH, PhD: GlycosBio, Inc: Grant/Research Support ()

Michael Koster, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP, FACP: No financial relationships to disclose

Sabina D. Holland, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

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

identify future legislative actions with the potential to reduce health disparities;
investigate strategies to create a diverse workforce in the era of a colorblind constitution;
describe the challenges in creating and maintaining psychological safety when teaching microaggressions or other dei-related topics to a diverse learner group;
identify and apply a framework to address challenges to psychological safety when teaching about microaggressions or other dei-related topics to a diverse learner group.

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US PT

How Did We Get Here?: How Law Impacts Population Health & Clinical Disparities in ID
Speaker: Michael Koster, MD (he/him/his) – Alpert Medical School of Brown University
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US PT

Achieving Health Equity by Creating Diversity in the era of a Colorblind Constitution
Speaker: Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP, FACP (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US PT

Using Psychological Safety to Create an Inclusive Learning Environment
Speaker: Sabina D. Holland, MD (she/her/hers) – Brown University