Racism in Healthcare: Understanding
Family physicians are often challenged to recognize the association between racism and health outcomes. It's critical you have education resources to understand and address racial inequities in the clinical setting.
Guest participants:
Tanya Anim, MD, FAAFP, Panel Lead
Monica U. Hahn, MD, MPH, MS, AAHIVS
Stephen Richmond II, MD, MPH
David T. Walsworth, MD, FAAFP
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Consider how people of color have been impacted by science and medicine historically.
- Recognize ways in which racism affects the health of the public.
- Establish strategies to identify examples of microaggressions and overt racism experienced by patients and physicians of color on a daily basis.
- Develop strategies to recognize implicit and explicit bias.
CME Credit Statement
This Enduring Material activity, 2020 AAFP Town Hall On Demand, has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval is 6/23/2020 - 12/31/2021. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This session, Racism in Healthcare: Understanding, is approved for 1 AAFP Prescribed credit.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.