To whom it may concern, 

I'd like to notify the listserve of a webinar WOEMA is hosting next week on Thursday 3/11. 

Please see attached. 

Thank you,
David Caretto MD MPH

WOEMA Education Committee Co-Chair. 

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From: Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association <woema@woema.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Understanding Racism in Healthcare, Part 2: Structural Racism and the Practicing Physician
To: <dccaretto@gmail.com>


Understanding and Preventing Racism in Healthcare

Thursday, March 11, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.* (PST)

The WOEMA Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee presents a nationally recognized expert in systemic racism and implicit bias in the healthcare workforce. Learners will start to develop an awareness and understanding of their own biases when caring for patients that will enable recognition of the learner’s own intrinsic biases and the tools available to mitigate them.


March 11*: Structural Racism and the Practicing Physician: What to Recognize, What to Change

Dr. Danielle Hairston, Director of Residency Training in the Department of Psychiatry Howard University College of Medicine Washington DC, will discuss understanding implicit bias in patient care and provide evidence-based instruction and tools for clinicians to overcome them. We will discuss understanding implicit bias in patient care and provide evidence-based instruction and tools for clinicians to overcome them.

*We recognize that this webinar series will generate thoughts and questions. We invite you to share and join us for 30-minute moderated breakout discussion groups immediately following the presentation on March 11.

Speaker

Danielle Hairston imageDr. Danielle Hairston was raised in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She attended Rutgers University for her undergraduate education and earned a degree in Biological Sciences. She earned her medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine where she also went onto complete her Psychiatry Residency Program. In 2018, Dr. Hairston returned to Howard University College of Medicine as faculty and was recently appointed as the Psychiatry Residency Training Director.

Dr. Hairston has served as the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA) Scientific Program Chair since 2016. She was recently elected as the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Black Caucus’ President. Dr. Hairston has also had the opportunity to speak nationally and internationally about the impact of racial trauma and culture on mental health. She is a contributing author to the recently published book, Racism, and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions. Her interests include consultation-liaison psychiatry, resident education, minority mental health, cultural psychiatry, HIV psychiatry, and collaborative care.

Continuing Medical Education

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the Western Occupational & Environmental Medical Association (WOEMA). The ACOEM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

QME Credits
WOEMA is accredited by the Administrative Director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation as a provider of Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) continuing education (provider number 320). WOEMA takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Nurses
The American Board of Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) may accept certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Please check directly with your own licensing and/or certification agency for eligibility of these credits.

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