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Monday Night Medicine – Implicit Bias Training
This spring, the Michigan State Medical Society Foundation’s Monday Night Medicine Series will cover implicit bias training, fulfilling the new licensure requirement. On April 4 and May 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Debra Furr-Holden, PhD, and Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, DO, MPH, will present on equitable access to health care, serving diverse populations, diversity and inclusion in health care, cultural sensitivity and more. Each session is approved for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Doctor Furr-Holden is an epidemiologist and public health professional with expertise in health disparities and health equity, drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science. She works with local and national policymakers to improve data-driven decision-making across a broad range of health topics to mandate equity in all policies. She serves on the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities, the Greater Flint Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Inequity, and the New York City African American COVID-19 Task Force.
Doctor Edwards-Johnson is the Community Assistant Dean at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Flint Campus, and Associate Professor of Family Medicine and core faculty for the McLaren-MSU Family Medicine Residency Program, where she sees patients. She is deeply committed to the education of medical students and residents with particular emphases on health disparities education and the teaching of research skills. She has developed curricula in the area of implicit bias and health disparities for students, residents, and faculty affiliated with the College of Human Medicine. Her research interests also include developing strategies to recruit and retain medical students with backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.
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Statement of Accreditation: The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
*AMA Credit Designation Statement: The MSMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: The ACCME is approved by the Board of Nursing as an acceptable provider of continuing education for license renewal or relicensure.
MSMS House of Delegates Meeting- RSVP and Hotel Reservations Deadline
Hotel Reservations by April 7: Please visit www.msms.org/hod or call 269-343-3333 (mention MSMS for group rate) as soon as possible to ensure you are provided with accommodations. If you belong to a staffed county, please check with your executive first. Several counties make reservations for their delegation. Reservations are due no later than April 7.
Meeting RSVP by April 7: It will be even more important to indicate your attendance this year to allow for appropriate planning for social distancing and to assure a quorum. Please click here or visit www.msms.org/hod and complete the form to RSVP.