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DEI Conference

Reaffirming DEI: Maintaining Momentum, Building Community, & Advocating for Change

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Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 

Time: 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST

Pricing Information:

  • Single Faculty Registration: $40.00
  • Group Faculty Registration (Group of 5): $175.00
  • Resident Registration: Free
  • Program Coordinator Registration: Free

Overarching goal:  Didactics & workshops to help redefine and reaffirm DEI in our current climate and share strategies to continue advancing DEI in our communities

Objectives:  By the end of this virtual conference, participants will be able to: 

  1. Utilize evidence-based practices to promote DEI in graduate medical education
  2. Understand the current climate surrounding DEI in national politics and medical education
  3. Develop a strategy for navigating barriers to advancement of DEI initiatives
  4. Identify and implement physical and virtual spaces that reflect an inclusive environment for learners
  5. Create actionable steps to move towards reflecting their program’s commitment to belonging and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Co-chairs: 

Adam McFarland, MD; Sree Natesan, MD

Planning Committee:  

Alex Garrett, MD; Leanna Dolson, MD

Conference Agenda:
Time Topic  Speaker(s)

12:00 - 12:05 PM

Welcome and Introduction

Adam McFarland, MD and Sree Natesan, MD

12:05 - 12:55 PM

Plenary - Unaffirmative Action: A Review of the SCOTUS Repeal and its Effects on the URiM Pipeline into Emergency Medicine
Moderator: Valerie Pierre, MD

Speakers: Cortlyn Brown, MD; Italo Brown, MD; Kristyn Smith, MD; Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, MD

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Small Group Discussion & Training

Room A: Empathy in Action: Designing and Facilitating Challenging Simulation Scenarios

Room B: Beyond Language Barriers: Strategies to Mitigate Bouncebacks in LEP Patients

Room C: Building Trauma Informed Team: Lessons from Nursing and Security Staff

 

Room A Speakers: Alaa Aldalati, MD; Nur-Ain Nadir, MD

Room B Speaker: Layla Abubshait, MD

Room C Speaker: Megan Healy, MD, MAUB

2:00 - 2:15 PM

Break

  

2:15 - 2:45 PM

Moving Forward - Ensuring the Integrity of Emergency Medicine Residency Education in the Face of Anti-DEI Legislation. A Health Equity Education Guide

Speakers: Tracy MacIntosh, MD Christy Angerhofer, MD, Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD

2:45 - 3:30 PM

Lightning Talks:

Racial Bias on the SLOE: How to Mitigate Bias

Success in Recruiting Diverse URM Residents at the Harbor-UCLA Emergency Medicine Program

Ensuring Inclusivity with Intentional Clinical Scheduling

 

Speakers: Paul Kukulski, MD; Isabel Malone, MD

Speakers: Joyce Wahba, MD; Natalie Hernandez, MD; Lyolya Hovhannisyan, MD 

Speaker:Jose Victor Nable, MD

3:30 - 4:00 PM

Workshop - Health Equity Rounds: A Primer and Facilitator Workshop

Speakers: William Dixon, MD; Italo Brown, MD; Moises Gallegos, MD

4:00 - 4:10 PM

Closing remarks 

Adam McFarland, MD and Sree Natesan, MD

4:15 - 4:45 PM

Optional Q & A Workshop: DEI Consult Mini-Workshop