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Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine

February 9, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST

Commuinity Read - Black Man in a White Coat

Reading approximately 60 pages (2 chapters) per week.  Book is available for checkout at Eccles Health Sciences Library.   Library Hours.

Registration is Required to Attend. (Discussion hosted via Zoom)

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Feb 19 Virtual Talk with Dr. Damon Tweedy
Feb 23 Discussion

“When Damon Tweedy begins medical school, he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, “More common in blacks than in whites.”

Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.”  – macmillan Publishers


Virtual Talk - Dr. Damon Tweedy

Reckoning with Race and Medicine in 2020 and Beyond
Virtual Talk with Dr. Damon Tweedy (Author of:  Black Man in a White Coat)

Friday, February 19, 2021 12:00-1:00 PM MT   

Registration is Required to Attend.

 

Co-Sponsors:  Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah

 


DISCLOSURE: None of the faculty or planners or anyone in control of content for this continuing medical education activity have any relevant financial relationships since the content does not cover any products/services of a commercial interest; therefore, there are no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

ACCME logoAMA CREDIT: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. All attendees are encouraged to use the CME system to claim their attendance. Physicians will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™; all other professions will be awarded attendance at a CME event credit that they may use for their re‐credentialing purposes. All users will be able to print or save certificates. For questions regarding the CME system, please contact the UUCME Office. For questions regarding re‐credentialing process or requirements, please contact your re-credentialing organization.

ACCREDITATION: The University Of Utah School Of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NONDISCRIMINATION AND DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT: The University of Utah does not exclude, deny benefits to or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran’s status, religion, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or sexual orientation in admission to or participation in its programs and activities.  Reasonable accommodations will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request, with reasonable notice.  Requests for accommodations or inquiries or complaints about University nondiscrimination and disability/access policies may be directed to the Director, OEO/AA, Title IX/Section 504/ADA Coordinator, 201 S President’s Circle, RM 135, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, 801-581-8365 (Voice/TTY), 801-585-5746 (Fax).

Organizer

EHSL Access and Inclusion
Phone
801-581-5534
Email
ehsl-reference@lists.utah.edu
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Venue

Online (Zoom)
UT 84112 United States + Google Map
Phone
801-581-5534