Search results for "Diversity"
A call to action: Align well-being and antiracism strategies
For too many clinicians, racism is a defining component of work culture. Health care organizations should adopt antiracist practices that result in sustained, meaningful change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/a-call-to-action-align-well-being-and-antiracism-strategies.htm
1 Mar 2021
Internal Medicine Meeting 2021: Virtual Experience to feature three plenary speakers, including Dr. Anthony Fauci
Join ACP for internal medicine's most comprehensive educational program in a new, engaging, interactive, and virtual format.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/23/6.htm
23 Feb 2021
Making primary care more equitable
The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) annual conference focused on creating a more equitable health care delivery system by increasing support, strengthening systems, and fixing disparities.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/making-primary-care-more-equitable.htm
1 Feb 2021
ACP releases policy to address disparities, discrimination in health care
ACP lays out a framework that confronts the various, interconnected, and compounding aspects of U.S. society that contribute to poorer health outcomes for persons based on their race, ethnicity, religion, and/or cultural identities.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/12/1.htm
12 Jan 2021
Pushing toward gender equity in medicine
At the Women in Medicine Summit, held virtually last October, experts offered strategies to help support women in medicine during the pandemic and beyond.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/pushing-toward-gender-equity-in-medicine.htm
1 Jan 2021
Deadline for diversity, equity, and inclusion training grant proposals is Dec. 10
ACP and other sponsors are seeking proposals that address the relationship between trust and issues of bias and diversity at the patient/physician, team, and health system levels.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/08/6.htm
8 Dec 2020
ACP joins internal medicine effort to fund innovations in diversity, equity, and inclusion
The program will support projects designed to promote trust and create a more equitable health system by incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into the fabric of internal medicine education and training.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/17/6.htm
17 Nov 2020
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2020
LGBTQ care must go beyond guidelines
To make health care more inclusive, physicians can include in the medical record the use of preferred names and pronouns, information on gender-affirming hormones and surgeries, and a record of the organs that patients have and that they were born with.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/lgbtq-care-must-go-beyond-guidelines.htm
1 Sep 2020
Pandemic pinpoints racial, ethnic disparities
Disparities in outcomes created by COVID-19 have exposed long-standing gaps in health care, and in a larger sense, the fabric of the social safety net.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/pandemic-pinpoints-racial-ethnic-disparities.htm
1 Sep 2020