AMA Prioritizing Equity

This episode of the Prioritizing Equity series will delve into the critical issue of ageism in medicine, ex amining how age-related biases affect physicians and the quality of care they provide. We'll explore why h ospital s and regulatory policies should shift from focusing on a p hysician's age to evaluate their care quality data and performance metrics. Guests will discuss the impacts of ageism...

In this episode of our Prioritizing Equity series, we are joined by physicians and experts who will discuss the Black maternal health crisis faced by mothers and their children. Panelists will examine why Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than w hite women in addition to the various factors that contribute to these inequities . In addition, panelists wil...

This episode will inform physicians and medical trainees about the critical intersection of incarceration, voter rights, and health outcomes. It will explore how disenfranchisement during and after incarceration affects the health and well- being of impacted individuals and communities. Through expert insights, the episode will delve into the broader implications for medicine and public health, hi...

In this week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, we will discuss the AMA's " Embedding Equity in Crisis Preparedness and Re sponse in Health Systems Guide , " which was released earlier this year . This guide w as created in partnership with national health equity and racial justice leaders , organizations and physicians . Partners came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop the...

In this episode of our Prioritizing Equity series(Released on July 22nd, 2024), we  are joined by international medical graduate (IMG) physicians who will discuss their experience in medicine. Panelists will reflect on their journey from medical school outside of the United States to practic ing in the U.S. Physicians will also discuss the barriers IMGs experience and the policies that they are cu...

In this week's episode of our Prioritizing Equity series, we are joined by physicians and scholarly leaders who are advocating for equitable climate action to remedy the disproportionate burden of health harms climate crisis puts o n historically marginalized communities . Speakers will examine climate justice policy and the role of the medical community and experts in leading society toward a rap...

In this episode of the Prioritizing Equity series (Released on May 21st, 2024), panelists will share the importance of teaching , implementing and adapting culturally responsive communication models for addressing health inequities. Physicians will reflect on and share examples from their personal and professional experiences of designing curriculum, developing screening practices, and investigati...

This week's episode of Prioritizing Equity series brings together the physicians featured in "Our Legacy in Practice: A Physician's Story " videos . Today, p anelists will discuss the importance of identity concordance for aspiring physicians and take a closer look at some of the themes highlighted in the video s . Each physician will take a deeper dive into their medical school experience and ref...

This edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA's House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as women. The episode will also explore both historical and present inequities in medical education, employment, and leadership opportunities. Panelis...

This week's episode of Prioritizing Equity will discuss how the recent a ffirmative a ction ruling undermines policy dedicated to increasing physician diversity, which is vital to the healthcare ecosystem and will have negative implications towards increasing medical career opportunities for marginalized and minoritized people as well as for patients and communities.   Panelists Jessica Faiz , MD,...

This week's edition of the Prioritizing Equity series, we explore the Anchor Strategy — a place-based approach to building community health and wealth by means of local hiring, investing, purchasing , and community engagement via the West Side United case study and model. Panelists Ayesha Jaco, Executive Director, West Side United – Twitter: @WSUnitedChi Adam Alonso, Chief Executive Officer of BUI...

In this edition of the Prioritizing Equity series, we explore the unique health care and social needs of patients experiencing houselessness and discuss the importance of equitable, holistic, cost effective, evidence-based discharge planning. Panelists Margot Kushel , MD, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital...

Firearm violence is a public health crisis. In this week's Prioritizing Equity panel, we explore the work of physicians in health systems and beyond in the realms of public health, public safety, and firearm violence prevention. Panel : Megan Ranney , MD, MPH, FACEP, Incoming Dean of Yale School of Public Health – Twitter: @meganranney Eric Reinhart, MD, PGY2 psychiatry resident at Northwestern Un...

In this edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, join medical student organizers and policy advocates as they discuss increasing access to care in native communities and improving care within the Indian Health Services through health policy. Panel : Tamee Livermont [Tam/Me - Liv/er/Mont], MPH, Oglala Lakota Medical Student, UMN Medical School A lec Calac [Al/Ek- Cal/Ek] , MD/PHD Candidate, UC Sa...

Learn more about the AMA Peer Network: https://ama-assn.org/peer-network In this week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH, Vice President at the AMA Center for Health Equity speaks with participants from the Peer Network for Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety program on their strategies to start operationalizing equity into their quality and safety op...

Reproductive health care is a human right. Learn how this connects to health equity and explore the impacts of the overturn of Roe v. Wade with a panel of experts. Panel:  Lawrence Gostin, JD—Professor, Global Health Law at Georgetown University and Director, WHO Center on Global Health Law Jamila Perritt, MD, MPH—President and CEO, Physicians for Reproductive Health Krishna Upadhya, MD, MPH—Vice...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. Explore the myth of meritocracy, its presence in health care and how physicians can push past it to advance health equity. Daniel Markovits, JD, Melody S. Goodman, PhD, Tomás Diaz, MD and moderator Fernando De Maio, PhD discuss in this Prioritizing Equity panel. Panel: Daniel Markovits, JD—Guido Calabresi Professor of Law and Fo...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. This week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series focuses on the power of narratives and language in health care. It explores how dominant narratives perpetuate harm, and offers examples of how these narratives can be challenged and disrupted, moving towards equity-focused and person-first alternatives. Read the guide: https...

The January 24, 2022 edition of the AMA's Prioritizing Equity series focuses on redistributive justice and its impact on the health of patients and communities that have been socially and economically marginalized and minoritized. Panel: Ivelyse Andino—Founder and CEO of Radical Health William A. ("Sandy") Darity Jr., PhD—Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Econom...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. In this October 4, 2021, Prioritizing Equity discussion, AMA Chief Health Equity Officer, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and leaders across a continuum of disciplines discuss critical race theory and its applications to the field of health equity. Panel: Dennis C. Chin—Vice president of Narrative, Arts, and Culture, Race Forward Malik...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. In this July 12, 2021 Prioritizing Equity discussion AMA Chief Health Equity Officer, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, is joined by a panel of experts to examine the ways that white physicians can get actively involved in the fight for racial justice. Learn how doctors can become accomplices to advance equity. Panel: David A. Ansell, MD...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. This Pride Month, Kameryn Lee, MD, joins Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH for a special Prioritizing Equity discussion on what physicians can do to best support and center the voices of LGBTQ patients while continuing to advance health equity. Originally aired: June 14th, 2021 The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/c...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. How can equity be further integrated into medical education? In this May 31, 2021 edition of the AMA's Prioritizing Equity series, leaders in medical education discuss the importance of embedding equity in health care education and envision new paths towards justice. Panel: Candice Chen, MD, MPH—Associate professor, Fitzhugh Mul...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. As our AMA Equity Plan reveals, achieving health equity and embedding racial justice requires action and accountability. In this May 17, 2021, Prioritizing Equity panel, leaders in health and higher education discuss why acknowledging historical harms is critical to bringing lasting change to health care. Panel: Robert E. Fullil...

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity. How can we work to establish a more equitable future? In this May 3, 2021, Prioritizing Equity panel, health leaders discuss why advancing health equity must require sharing power through effective alliances with those who have experienced marginalization and injustice across generations. Panel: jewel bush—Chief of external affa...