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Join aesculapian students and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (OEDI) for a find bid focused connected the wellness issues facing our divers communities.

This escaped lawsuit is unfastened to the public. College of Medicine – Phoenix students who enactment tin earn Diversity Hour (PDF) credits for each sessions, except the Arizona Indigenous Health Care Presentation. That session is lone eligible for lone rural health credits.

Schedule

Tuesday, November 1, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

And Then There Were Women: A Discussion connected the Impact of the Tuskegee Army Nurse Corp During World War II

White Coats 4 Black Lives (WC4BL) and OEDI invited you to this upcoming luncheon seminar conscionable successful clip for Veteran's Day! Last semester, we learned astir Tuskegee Airmen. This year, we'll beryllium joined by Ms. Pia Jordan, Director of the Army Nurse Corp Project, and we’ll larn about women, peculiarly nurses, who served to support the Tuskegee Airmen successful the air.

Wednesday, November 2, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Diagnosis Day: The Impact of Ableism connected Patients with Disabilities and Their Families

This league volition beryllium a diligent sheet format with 4 families of children with developmental disabilities sharing their experiences receiving their children's diagnoses. We volition besides beryllium joined by Dr. Pamela Murphy, who specializes successful disabilities and tin supply a clinician perspective. Unfortunately, ablest perceptions of disablement successful the aesculapian assemblage excessively often power the ways clinicians present disablement diagnoses. These generous families are invested successful sharing their perspectives successful the hopes of having a affirmative ripple effect connected our aboriginal doctors and their patients alike.

Thursday, November 3, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

American Health Policy
In designation of Native American Heritage

This lecture volition beryllium presented by Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians), an MD/PhD Candidate astatine UC San Diego School of Medicine and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. He graduated from the University of Arizona successful 2016 with a Bachelor’s successful Neuroscience and Cognitive Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He works collaboratively with the Global Health Policy and Data Institute connected probe projects integrating societal media, wellness technology, wellness policy, and Tribal nationalist health. He presently serves arsenic the National President of the Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS). In 2022, helium was named a 40 Under 40 Leader successful Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum and was besides chosen to enactment successful the White House Leaders successful Health Equity Roundtable Series.

Tuesday, November 8, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

APAMSA Interactive Session: Immigration History of Different AANHPI Ethnicities

The College of Medicine – Phoenix's Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association (APAMSA) Interest Group volition beryllium hosting an activity-based, interactive lawsuit successful which we spell implicit the migration past of antithetic AANHPI ethnicities to item the diverseness successful migration times/reasons and frankincense diverseness successful the challenges each assemblage faces.

Wednesday, November 16, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Native American Service and Equity (NASE) Presentation
In designation of Native American Heritage

NASE volition beryllium a hosting a two-part lecture bid with Native physicians arsenic impermanent lecturers. For Native Heritage month, we judge it is important for students to not conscionable cognize that it exists, but to perceive from Native leaders astir their perspectives and person an engaging mode to larn much accusation astir this population.

Monday, November 21, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Arizona Indigenous Health Care Presentation with Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP
In designation of Native American Heritage

The Gila River Indian Community was the archetypal preservation established successful Arizona by an enactment of Congress successful 1859. Come perceive and larn astir wellness attraction and Tribal communities successful Arizona. This presumption volition item the Gila River Indian Community and present attendees to tribal governance, sovereignty and wellness attraction entree for Native Americans.

Lunch  will beryllium provided by agrarian wellness to those who RSVP for the seminar. For those who cannot be successful person, this lawsuit volition beryllium available connected Zoom.

Monday, November 21, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association/Latino Medical Student Association Dinner

This lawsuit is simply a collaborative meal betwixt APAMSA and LMSA with the extremity of bringing unneurotic the field assemblage done a solemnisation of culture. Underrepresented and marginalized groups person precise unsocial migration histories, traumatic experiences and, thus, nuanced assemblage struggles and obstacles. Despite specified complexities, determination are similarities that we stock successful our corporate maturation and travel toward equity.

This lawsuit serves arsenic a telephone for solidarity. As we advocator for our communities, we tin find spot successful knowing different cultures beyond our own, learning from each other’s battles and uniting our corporate dependable successful our calls to action. We program connected delivering a associated presumption that volition summation consciousness of idiosyncratic assemblage struggles, place similarities successful our backgrounds/heritage and show however diversifying our taste competence tin beforehand conscious solidarity, empathy and attraction for others.

Monday, November 28, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

APAMSA Lunch Talk with Dr. Alice Lee

Dr. Alice Lee an exigency medicine doc who has attended immoderate of our erstwhile events. As an Asian American pistillate successful exigency medicine, she represents respective underrepresented groups. She is excited to travel conscionable with america for a luncheon event!

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