This talk will focus on evaluation, measurement and remediation of institutional bias using examples from medical education and clinical practice. The educational example will focus on skin tone in medical curriculum. The clinical example will focus on street medicine and medication delivery. Lastly, the model of targeted universalism will be introduced as a framework for addressing systemic bias and institutionalized inequities.
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025
12:10–1 p.m.
Virtual, via Zoom
Presented by Luis Manriquez, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (Spokane), where he leads Health Equity development efforts in the office of Community Engagement and Health Equity. As a medical student, he founded the Health Equity Circle, an inter-professional group that equips students to take action on health equity with community partners using the tools of community organizing. Luis is a family physician and the lead provider of the CHAS Health Street Medicine team. He is also working on developing clinical programs to bring patients and clinic staff together to address social determinants of health in collaboration with community partners. He is passionate about eliminating health inequities and making Washington the healthiest and most equitable state in the nation.
Registration is free! Register online.
