IAMSE webinar "Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language" Thursday, Oct. 10, at noon

The Office of Faculty Relations and Professional Development is pleased to offer all NEOMED faculty and staff access to the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Fall 2024 Webinar Series “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Education.”

Join this Thursday, October 10, noon - 1:00 p.m. ET for

Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language

Speakers

J. Corey Williams, M.A., M.D., Georgetown University Medical Center

Melissa Chen, M.D., Rosalind Franklin University

Description

Documentation and oral presentation serve several critical functions within a clinical team. Depending on how patients are described, including historically stigmatized descriptors, clinicians may perpetuate the codification of racial disparities in service delivery, teaching trainees racist ideas and communicating biases to other clinicians. Current research has shown that documentation has the power to influence diagnostic and treatment decisions independent of other factors. In this session, participants will recognize that stigmatizing language in clinical documentation and oral presentations can propagate bias from one clinician to another, deleteriously influencing diagnostic and treatment decisions. And, participants will reflect on anti-racist documentation practices using sample vignettes and case examples.

NEOMED faculty and staff may register for individual sessions or the series.

Registration provides NEOMED faculty and staff with links to the webinars, all accompanying resources, and archived session recordings once they are available. Faculty and staff are encouraged to register even if they are not available to attend the synchronous sessions.

Special Link for NEOMED faculty and staff.

Questions may be directed to facdev@neomed.edu.