Dartmouth Health Continuing Education for Professionals Home, Virtual Conversations in Justice and Equity in Bioethics Part 3 of 3: Racism and Health Equity: Why Does it Matter in Bioethics?, 12/3/2020 8:00:00 AM - 12/3/2023 9:00:00 AM, The year of 2020 has brought forth ethical challenges to our health care system in unimaginable ways. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor cast a spotlight on the impact of racism in society. We will shine that spotlight on racism, bioethics and the effects of structural justice on health, with a particular focus on the impact in Northern New England.
Speakers
Xusana Davis, Esq. – Executive Director of Racial Equity, State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
Faith P. Goronga, MS, MS – Pediatric Resident, Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Priscilla Marsicovetere, JD, PA-C – Director, Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, Franklin Pierce University, Lebanon, NH
James T. McKim, PMP, ITIL – Managing Partner, Organizational Ignition; President of the Manchester New Hampshire NAACP, Manchester, NH
Catherine Shubkin, MD – Associate Program Director, Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Learning Outcome(s)
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to discuss the bioethical implications of racism on patients and health care professionals in order to foster a more just and equitable health system.
Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content have reported NO financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to control the content that refused to disclose.
*A “financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of the stated policy.
Bibliographic Sources
Blair IV, Steiner JF, Havranek EP, Unconscious (implicit) bias and disparities: where do we go from here? Perm J. 2011;15(2):71-78
New Hampshire, Estimate for 2019 Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity Not Included in other racial Groups Source: US Census Bureau
Munoz-Price, L., MD. (2020, September 25). Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19. Retrieved December 11, 2020, from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770961
Schiavo, R. and Health Equity Initiative, 2012-2020, https://www.healthequityinitiative.org/about-health-equity.html
https://covidtracking.com/race/dashboard#state-nh
https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/current-activity/vermont-dashboard Accessed11.27.2020
https://www.nh.gov/covid19/dashboard/equity.htm#dash Accessed11.27.2020
Speakers
Xusana Davis, Esq. – Executive Director of Racial Equity, State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
Faith P. Goronga, MS, MS – Pediatric Resident, Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Priscilla Marsicovetere, JD, PA-C – Director, Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program, Franklin Pierce University, Lebanon, NH
James T. McKim, PMP, ITIL – Managing Partner, Organizational Ignition; President of the Manchester New Hampshire NAACP, Manchester, NH
Catherine Shubkin, MD – Associate Program Director, Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Learning Outcome(s)
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to discuss the bioethical implications of racism on patients and health care professionals in order to foster a more just and equitable health system.
Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content have reported NO financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to control the content that refused to disclose.
*A “financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of the stated policy.
Bibliographic Sources
Blair IV, Steiner JF, Havranek EP, Unconscious (implicit) bias and disparities: where do we go from here? Perm J. 2011;15(2):71-78
New Hampshire, Estimate for 2019 Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity Not Included in other racial Groups Source: US Census Bureau
Munoz-Price, L., MD. (2020, September 25). Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19. Retrieved December 11, 2020, from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770961
Schiavo, R. and Health Equity Initiative, 2012-2020, https://www.healthequityinitiative.org/about-health-equity.html
https://covidtracking.com/race/dashboard#state-nh
https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/current-activity/vermont-dashboard Accessed11.27.2020
https://www.nh.gov/covid19/dashboard/equity.htm#dash Accessed11.27.2020
