Episode Details

CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series

Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

Show Notes by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy

May 3, 2022

Summary: This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. In this episode, we gain insights from three antiracism scholars, Drs. Yannis Valtis, Ebi Okah, and Carine Davila, about research in their respective fields. Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Dr. Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes. Dr. Davila is a palliative care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and her work examines racial and ethnic inequities in patient-clinician communication. This episode was led by Rohan Khazanchi, and was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy and Utibe R. Essien.

Episode Learning Objectives

After listening to this episode learners will be able to:

1. Understand the association of race with the utilization of security responses in hospital settings
2. Understand the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of racial differences in health outcomes
3. Understand racial/ethnic inequities in trust-building healthcare experiences and describe the importance of improving trust in the healthcare system through trust-building experiences with historically marginalized communities

Credits

• Written and produced by: Rohan Khazanchi MPH, Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Utibe R. Essien MD, MPH,  Jazzmin Williams, Alec J. Calac, Victor A. Lopez-Carmen MPH, Naomi F. Fields, LaShyra Nolen, Mic