Episode Details

CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series

Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting

Show Notes by Alec J. Calac

June 22, 2023

Summary: This episode highlights a selection of antiracism research presentations at a live recording of the podcast at the 2023 SGIM Annual Meeting. This year’s episode, our third conducted at SGIM, is focused on the importance of language in medicine and the role it can play in perpetuating stigma and bias. During this episode, we hear from Dr. Som Saha, an internist whose research focuses broadly on the influence of race and racism in the doctor-patient relationship among other research subjects, Dr. Mary Catherine Beach, whose work has been targeted towards improving healthcare quality for patients who face systemic disadvantage especially  in the setting of HIV/AIDS and sickle cell disease, and Dr. Pooja Lagisetty, whose work is focused on  understanding how stigma impacts access to care for people living with chronic pain and opioid use disorder. This episode is hosted by Sudarshan (Sud) Krishnamurthy and Ashley Cooper. The show notes for this episode were written by Alec Calac.

Episode Learning Objectives

After listening to this episode, learners will be able to…

1. Differentiate between stigma and bias in health care and the electronic health record using provided examples.
2. Describe difficulties and examples of how to measure unconscious race bias in medical practice.
3. Identify strategies to mitigate bias and stigma in the electronic health record as a trainee and medical practitioner.

    

Credits

• Written and produced by: Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Ashley Cooper, Team
• Hosts: Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Ashley Cooper
• Infographic: Creative Edge Design