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Race, Ethnicity, and Breast Cancer: Health Equity Panel Equity Training
In this panel discussion and workshop, experts from the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Illinois Cancer Center discuss structural racism and disparities faced by women receiving breast cancer care. Discussion is centered around strategies to address these disparities. The experts are also joined by patient advocates sharing their personal experience and how providers can provide support.
Educational Partner: ACHL
Sponsored by: The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Chicago Center for Continuing Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago Cancer Center and their Chicago Cancer Screening and Testing Access Coalition (CCSTAC), and the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL).
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Outline factors that contribute to cultural competence in health;
- List strategies to improve cultural competence and reduce health disparities;
- Discuss the roles of healthcare providers, families, and communities in supporting racially diverse women with breast cancer.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email at [email protected].
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
FACULTY
Monika Peek, MD, MPHProfessor of Medicine
Associate Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translational Research
The University of Chicago
Brenda Battle, MBA, BSN, RNVice President for Care Delivery Innovation
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
The University of Chicago
Pamela Ganschow, MDAssociate Professor
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Illinois
PATIENT ADVOCATES
Chief Surviving Officer
The Blue Hat Foundation, Inc.
Founder & C.E.O. WOT Foundation, Inc.
Women on Top of their Game, Inc.
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Academy for Continue Healthcare Learning (ACHL). The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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