Health Equity Grand Rounds: a six part ECHO series exploring racism in medicine, health equity, and COVID-19 in Alaska.

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HEALTH EQUITY GRAND ROUNDS ECHO

The Alaska Black Caucus & UAA CHD ECHO Project present Health Equity Grand Rounds: A six part ECHO series exploring racism in medicine, health equity, and COVID-19 in Alaska.  Each 90 minute session will be an opportunity to explore clinical skills and best practices critical to Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, in an interactive forum guided by expert speakers and clinicians. CME (AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM) and Nursing (ANCC) credits are approved for this ECHO Series

Register Here Talk to Us! Ask our Hub Team a question, leave us a comment, or submit a case presentation Who should join? The target audience for the series includes the interdisciplinary healthcare team, administrators, leaders, allied health professionals, and health professions trainees in Alaska.  The Alaska Black Caucus Learn more about the Alaska Black Caucus' history, mission, and other health equity initiatives. ‌ ‌ Join our first ECHO Session: Thursday, February 17th @ 6 pm - 7:30 pm (AKST) The history of racism in medicine: implications for COVID-19 outcomes, and the influence of racism on healthcare and ethics Presenter Italo M. Brown, MD, MPH (Morehouse College '06, Boston University '08, Meharry Medical College '15) is an Emergency Medicine physician and Clinical Instructor in Social Emergency Medicine at Stanford Hospital. Throughout his career, Italo has been at the frontlines of social medicine and health equity. He is a former board member of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, an organization that spearheads statewide advocacy efforts in support of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare/Medicaid Reform. Italo trained at Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, two Bronx Hospitals ranked among the top 20 busiest ERs in the country. In 2017, the National Minority Quality Forum named Italo among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. An avid writer, Italo served with the ABC News Medical Unit, and has contributed health & wellness pieces to GQ, The Washington Post, JAMA, and The Root. He also nurtures a passion for pipeline development, working as a mentor with Tour for Diversity in Medicine. His latest role as Chief Impact Officer of TRAP Medicine, a Barbershop-based wellness initiative based in California, focuses on strategic partnerships, community outreach, and advocacy.

This program was supported by a grant awarded by the Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Health Department. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Health Department.

SESSION SCHEDULE AND AGENDA

February 17, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST History of racism in medicine---implications for COVID-19 outcomes, and the influence of racism on healthcare and ethics March 10, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST Race-based medicine during the pandemic---how the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated systemic racism in healthcare April 14, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST Trauma-informed care---the impact of collective, race-based trauma on individual health and pathways to collective healing May 12, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST Healthcare access experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)---conversations between healthcare providers, community leaders, and BIPOC individuals Jun 9, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST Building health equity and envisioning a culture of change Part I---stories of systems change, and frameworks for applying successful best practices to create health equity Jun 23, 2022 @ 6-7:30 PM AKST Building health equity and envisioning a culture of change Part II---envisioning health equity for Anchorage and beyond

Continuing Education Credits

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development and Project ECHO.  Project ECHO® is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA Designation Statement Project ECHO® designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   ANCC Designation Statement Project ECHO® designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hours.  Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation.   Disclosure Statement Project ECHO®, in compliance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, requires that anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships they have had within the last 24 months with an ineligible company.  None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Obinna Alu, PharmD, MBA, BCGP; Panna Lynch-Jarussi, MSN-PH, RNC, NBCSN, LNC; Madalene Mandap, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVE; Kenneth McCoy, Chief Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Officer for Providence Alaska; LaShanda McGowan, LMSW, M.Ed; Philip Mendoza, MD; Tracey Wiese, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC; Celeste Hodge Growden, President, Alaska Black Caucus; Deanne Woodard, Alaska Black Caucus; Allison Hourigan, MS4, Chair, Alaska Black Caucus Health Committee; Jessica Brown, Alaska Black Caucus; Thea Agnew Bemben, Alaska Black Caucus Health Committee; Erinn Barnett, UAA CHD Project ECHO Coordinator. The following planners / presenters listed below have disclosed that they have a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company. Italo Brown, MD, MPH: Nature of Relationship: Name of Ineligible Company: Consultant Moderna Consultant AstraZeneca Consultant            Google/Youtube Speaker                                    Adaptive Biotechnologies Speaker                                    UL All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Get in touch with us! echo@alaskachd.org | www.akecho.org

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