Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion HealthMonth

Be part of medical college students and the Workplace of Fairness, Variety and Inclusion (OEDI) for a discovery sequence centered on the well being points dealing with our various communities.

This free occasion is open to the general public. Faculty of Drugs – Phoenix college students who take part can earn Variety Hour (PDF) credit for all classes, besides the Arizona Indigenous Well being Care Presentation. That session is barely eligible for under rural well being credit.

Schedule

Tuesday, November 1, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

And Then There Have been Ladies: A Dialogue on the Impression of the Tuskegee Military Nurse Corp Throughout World Battle II

White Coats 4 Black Lives (WC4BL) and OEDI welcome you to this upcoming lunch seminar simply in time for Veteran’s Day! Final semester, we discovered about Tuskegee Airmen. This yr, we’ll be joined by Ms. Pia Jordan, Director of the Military Nurse Corp Venture, and we’ll find out about girls, notably nurses, who served to maintain the Tuskegee Airmen within the air.

Wednesday, November 2, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Analysis Day: The Impression of Ableism on Sufferers with Disabilities and Their Households

This session will probably be a affected person panel format with 4 households of youngsters with developmental disabilities sharing their experiences receiving their youngsters’s diagnoses. We may also be joined by Dr. Pamela Murphy, who focuses on disabilities and may present a clinician perspective. Sadly, ablest perceptions of incapacity within the medical neighborhood too usually affect the methods clinicians ship incapacity diagnoses. These beneficiant households are invested in sharing their views within the hopes of getting a optimistic ripple impact on our future medical doctors and their sufferers alike.

Thursday, November 3, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

American Well being Coverage
In recognition of Native American Heritage

This lecture will probably be introduced by Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians), an MD/PhD Candidate at UC San Diego Faculty of Drugs and Herbert Wertheim Faculty of Public Well being and Human Longevity Science. He graduated from the College of Arizona in 2016 with a Bachelor’s in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science and Molecular and Mobile Biology. He works collaboratively with the International Well being Coverage and Knowledge Institute on analysis initiatives integrating social media, well being expertise, well being coverage, and Tribal public well being. He at present serves because the Nationwide President of the Affiliation of Native American Medical College students (ANAMS). In 2022, he was named a 40 Underneath 40 Chief in Minority Well being by the Nationwide Minority High quality Discussion board and was additionally chosen to take part within the White Home Leaders in Well being Fairness Roundtable Collection.

Tuesday, November 8, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

APAMSA Interactive Session: Immigration Historical past of Completely different AANHPI Ethnicities

The Faculty of Drugs – Phoenix’s Asian Pacific American Medical College students Affiliation (APAMSA) Curiosity Group will probably be internet hosting an activity-based, interactive occasion by which we go over the immigration historical past of various AANHPI ethnicities to focus on the variety in migration instances/causes and thus variety within the challenges every neighborhood faces.

Wednesday, November 16, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Native American Service and Fairness (NASE) Presentation
In recognition of Native American Heritage

NASE will probably be a internet hosting a two-part lecture sequence with Native physicians as visitor lecturers. For Native Heritage month, we imagine it’s important for college students to not simply know that it exists, however to listen to from Native leaders about their views and have a fascinating approach to study extra details about this inhabitants.

Monday, November 21, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Arizona Indigenous Well being Care Presentation with Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP
In recognition of Native American Heritage

The Gila River Indian Group was the primary reservation established in Arizona by an act of Congress in 1859. Come pay attention and find out about well being care and Tribal communities in Arizona. This presentation will spotlight the Gila River Indian Group and introduce attendees to tribal governance, sovereignty and well being care entry for Native People.

Lunch  will probably be offered by rural well being to those that RSVP for the seminar. For individuals who can not attend in particular person, this occasion will probably be out there on Zoom.

Monday, November 21, from 4:00 to six:00 p.m.

Asian Pacific American Medical Scholar Affiliation/Latino Medical Scholar Affiliation Dinner

This occasion is a collaborative dinner between APAMSA and LMSA with the objective of bringing collectively the campus neighborhood via a celebration of tradition. Underrepresented and marginalized teams have very distinctive immigration histories, traumatic experiences and, thus, nuanced neighborhood struggles and obstacles. Regardless of such complexities, there are similarities that we share in our collective development and journey towards fairness.

This occasion serves as a name for solidarity. As we advocate for our communities, we are able to discover energy in understanding different cultures past our personal, studying from one another’s battles and uniting our collective voice in our calls to motion. We plan on delivering a joint presentation that may enhance consciousness of particular person neighborhood struggles, establish similarities in our backgrounds/heritage and display how diversifying our cultural competence can promote aware solidarity, empathy and take care of others.

Monday, November 28, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

APAMSA Lunch Speak with Dr. Alice Lee

Dr. Alice Lee an emergency drugs doctor who has attended a few of our earlier occasions. As an Asian American lady in emergency drugs, she represents a number of underrepresented teams. She is worked up to come back meet with us for a lunch occasion!