Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

(TH06) Becoming Color Brave Workshop

Thursday, March 9, 2023

8:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Room: 124/125

CME: (3.5) MOC: (3.5) CMD Management: (3.5) Nursing Contact Hours: (3.5) NAB: (3.5) AAFP: (3.5)

In this 3.5-hour workshop attendees will be provided the opportunity to become ambassadors for color bravery. Becoming Color Brave means to be comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations and realities of race and ethnicity and the bias that we often see and experience. Embracing a color brave mindset is necessary to address racial & ethnic disparities we face in healthcare today. Through clinical case scenarios, role playing, and storytelling attendees will come face to face with the racial and ethnic bias and barriers. Our attendees will work through these scenarios alongside our session moderator and develop strategies to overcome these real-world challenges. This session will address how PALTC clinicians and staff can take on the mantle of active bystander and become DEI ambassadors in their communities.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Describe how the color-blind approach to race and ethnic differences have contributed to the bias and disparities we currently see in healthcare
Address the real-world challenges that we face with unconscious bias, systemic racism and microaggressions through clinical case scenarios and role playing
Understand our roles in providing education, advocacy and allyship in achieving health equity and parity in PALTC
Identify strategies that we utilize as we adopt a Color Brave Mindset

Session Chair/Speaker(s)

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Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD

Senior Medical Director
Cooper City, Florida

Slides PDF

Speaker(s)

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Rossana P. Lau-Ng, MD, MBA, CMD

Assistant Professor
Boston, Massachusetts
Christine Pierre, MD, CMD

Geriatric Primary Care Physician
Needham, Massachusetts
Cheryl A. Huckins, MD, CMD

President Michigan Medical Directors
Plymouth, Michigan
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Mamata Yanamadala, MBBS, MS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Durham, North Carolina