JSNMA Fall 2017 Addressing Racial Bias in Medicine E-Book

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• Herausgeber: anna ruggieri
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

On behalf of the SNMA Publications Committee, it is our upmost pleasure to present to you the Fall 2017 JSNMA Issue: Addressing Racial Bias in Medicine. We are truly humbled by this opportunity to feature the courageous voices of our SNMA members who undertook this controversial yet delicate topic.Their diligence and creativity, combined with that of our team, have taken our vision for this issue to unexpected heights. From opinion pieces to research articles, it provides powerful insights regarding the influence of racism throughout the many dimensions of medicine.

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Editor in chief

sergeine T. lezeau

EDITORs

carol harden

francess odibo

DESIGN / PRODUCTION

abner a. murray

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Boya Abudu

Taiwo Ajumobi

Misha Armstrong

Tim Baerg

Brenda Brown-Igboegwu

Brianna Caraet

Alyssa Gerth

Tiffani Houston

Naeemah Munir

Adib Rushdan

Milan Sheth

Arham Siddiqui

Danielle Ward

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MEET THE TEAM

The Journal of the Student National Medical Association is published by the SNMA’s Publications Committee. A special thanks to our 2017-2018 Editorial Team!

sergeine t. lezeauis serving in her first year with SNMA as a Chairperson for the National Publications Committee. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Florida before completing the Biology Honors Research Program at Florida Atlantic University. She is now a second-year medical student at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Alabama, where she also serves as Vice President for the Hispanic Community Medical Outreach organization.

Abner A. MURRAYis a MD/PhD Candidate at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He rejoins the National Publications Committee as a Chair after serving for three years as a Co-Chair of the National Diversity Research Committee. He previously served on the SNMA’s Publications Committee as a col-laborator during his tenure as the National Publication Chair for the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).

carol hardengraduated from Alabama State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Carol is currently a second-year medical student at Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)-Auburn Campus. She serves as the SNMA Chapter Secretary at VCOM and is a VCOM Ambassador.

Francess Odibo is a public health student at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a 2017-2018 National Fu-ture Leadership Project fellow for SNMA, and is also a Youth Activism Fellow for Truth Initiative. She currently serves on the Student Health Advisory Committee where she represents the Black student body on the advisory board to Universi-ty Health Services. Her current research focuses on analyzing the experiences of URM students in premedical pipeline pro-grams within the UC system.

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3Meet The Team

4Table of Contents

7Letter from the Editor-In-Chief

By: Sergeine Lezeau

8A 1000 Words

10Upcoming Events & Deadlines

12The importance of cultural competency in achieving clinical excellence in Medicine

By: Danielle M. Ward

14Racial bias in the context of medical education

By: Milan Sheth, MA

15Twenty-Four Times

By: Tiffani Houston, PhD

16Axiology and racial bias in medicine: Adiscussion of utilitarianism and moral desert

By: Arham Siddiqui

20An e-mail conversation between a medical student and an ethics lawyer

By: Taiwo T. Ajumobi

23Around the Membership

24How a formalized, medical student-led mentorship program aims to encourage underrepresented

minority undergraduate students to pursue medicine

By: Tim Baerg et al.

30Multidisciplinary initiatives to tackle racial bias: Reflections from UcSan Diego, School of Medicine

By: Naeemah Munir et al.

36Racial disparities in pediatric humeral condyle fractures in the emergency department

By: Brianna Caraet

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founders' month of service

By: Adib Rushdan

54the role ofprogrammingin combatting racial bias

By: Adib Rushdan

56Cultural Competence &Medical Education: The teaching of associations that negatively impact patients

By: Misha Armstrong

58Experimentation on the blackfeminine rose

Anonymous

60Upcoming Opportunities

44Everyone deserves healthy staples

By: Brenda Brown-Igboegwu

46Revisiting hypertension in black Americans: The role of implicit bias in perpetuating adverse health outcomes

By: Boya Abudu

48The rash on your skin looks different on mine

By: Alyssa Gerth, AT

52The community service committee launchesthe#snmaservesinitiativeduring its2017

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Letter from the Editor

Dear Reader,

On behalf of the SNMA Publications Committee, it is my upmost pleasure to present to you the Fall 2017 JSNMA Issue: Addressing Racial Bias in Medicine.This is the first of our quarterly publications since my appointment as Editor-in-Chief, and I am truly humbled by this opportunity to feature the courageous voices of our SNMA members who undertook this controversial yet delicate topic. Their diligence and creativity, combined with that of my team, have taken my vision for this issue to unexpected heights. From opinion pieces to research articles, it provides powerful insights regarding the influence of racism throughout the many dimensions of medicine.

Racial discrimination has been plaguing the experimental, educational, political, and health care aspects of medicine for centuries. Despite the field’s revolutionary strides in these areas, racism is still deeply rooted across its spectrum from pre-health advising to clinical encounters. Although a degree of progress has been achieved, as with the national push for enhancing cultural competence amongst physicians, such resolutions are often unsustainable or simply not enforced. I must agree withone of the contributing authors, Misha Armstrong,that it seems as if cultural competence has become more of a trend than a reality.

Another important point I would like to emphasize was stated bycontributing author Boya Abudu:“The impact of racial bias undermines patient care while broadening existing health disparities.”Given the diversity of the patient population in the United States and the statistics for minority health disparities, there is a dire need to alleviate the racial biases encroaching upon health care in terms of how it is provided, taught, and a less feasible career opportunity for underrepresented minorities.

Health disparities and cultural competence are just a few of the many issues highlighted throughout Addressing Racial Bias in Medicine. As you continue on through this unique collection, you will discover 14 individual voices exploring this spectrum-wide phenomenon from different angles, all while complementing the concerns of the fellow contributing authors in solidarity. It is an excellent example of how there can be unity in spite of diversity.

When asked, "How does the JSNMA differ from other journals?",I proudly comment on the diversity of our writers, the variety of works accepted from poetry to research articles, the relevance of our themes to current events, and the opportunity to unreservedly express oneself at the scholarly level.

Whether an author is sharing a personal experience or presenting research findings, it is my hope that you will read this collection with an open mind and feel inspired to: speak up respectfully if you witness racial bias, learn to address your own implicit biases, and always persevere if faced with this injustice.

We are all in this fight together to reduce the racial bias that too commonly impedes the health outcomes of minority patients and the success of aspiring minority physicians. In support of this effort, the JSNMA will continue serving as a platform for our members' voices to be heard.

The voice of the SNMA is a powerful one, and I encourage YOUto become a part of its voice by submitting to the JSNMA or joining the National Publications Committee!

Sincerely,

Sincerely,

Sergeine Lezeau, OMS II

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr

SEND ME YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR SHARE WITH ME YOUR EXPERIENCE INVOLVING RACIAL BIAS & MEDICINE!!

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Acknowledgements: Dr. Comfort Elumogo, Cynthia Bell, Dr. Gary Hill, & John Hain for the cover's artwork

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