Starting Health Disparities Education During Resident Orientation: Our Patients, Our Community. Obstet Gynecol 2018 Nov;132(5):1153-1157
Date
10/12/2018Pubmed ID
30303918DOI
10.1097/AOG.0000000000002911Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85059828807 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 6 CitationsAbstract
Disparities in women's reproductive health outcomes are persistent and prevalent. Cultural competency education of trainees is central to reducing patient-, system-, and practitioner-level factors that promote disparate health outcomes. Such issues include health literacy, access to health care, and unconscious bias. We suggest that recognizing and reducing health disparities should be a longitudinal theme in resident education, first introduced during intern orientation and continued with dedicated didactics, experiential learning opportunities, grand rounds, and journal clubs built into the residency curricula. In this commentary, we present various methods of introducing health disparities education and commencing a larger conversation about inequity and race in medicine. We hope to encourage other training programs to incorporate this important topic earlier into their educational curriculum.
Author List
Talati AN, Lappen JR, Bondurant-Sullivan A, Cossler NJ, Wieczorek M, Gecsi KSAuthor
Kimberly Gecsi MD Associate Dean, Chief Medical Officer, Professor in the Medical College Physicians Operations department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
BiasCultural Competency
Female
Health Literacy
Health Services Accessibility
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Housing
Humans
Internship and Residency
Physician-Patient Relations
Reproductive Health
Women's Health
