Happy February, Scholars
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a little cold and dark these days. Don’t forget your vitamin D 😉. There are some great live sessions happening this month. I hope you’ll take a quick look through here to see if anything fits into your schedule.
I’m working with the Southern NH AHEC to identify potential shadowing sites for a Scholars visit down there this Spring. I’ve gotten input from FPU and GSM on dates . . . Trying to line it up this week. Stay tuned!
Best,
Kate
Upcoming Events
2023 Black History Month Celebration
Heritage and Healthcare: Reclaiming and Revisioning Black History and Culture in Medicine
Events are scheduled from Saturday, February 4, 2023, to Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Please join the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), Geisel Student Government, the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE), the Dartmouth Health BIPOC Employee Resource Group, and the Office of Alumni Relations in celebrating Black History Month this February!
MOMS (Montana Obstetrics and Maternal Support) Project ECHO: Clinical Training and Case Review Sessions Submitted by Rural and Remote Providers
2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month
2:00–3:30pm
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These sessions support primary care clinicians serving pregnant women as well as women in need of prenatal care and postnatal care through the first year of motherhood. Project ECHO Clinics empower providers to deliver quality care through building new skills and competencies.
History of Racism in U.S. Health Care: Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. ET
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In health care, we are united by our belief in providing the highest quality care to every patient. To do so, we must better understand the past, and work intentionally toward a healthier future.
This inaugural event in the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series will highlight the root causes of present-day health inequities by tracing the social, economic, political, geographic, and environmental forces that shape opportunity for health in the United States. Keynote speaker Harriet A. Washington, MA, author of Medical Apartheid, will explore the history of structural inequities in health care and unethical medical experimentation followed by a panel conversation moderated by American Medical Association (AMA) Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and featuring Rupa Marya, MD, Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, and David Ansell, MD, MPH.
Pennsylvania AHEC SCHOLARS Spring 2023 Speaker Series
Becoming a Trauma-Sensitive Health Professional: New Tools for Your Toolbelt
February 7, 2023
6:00–7:00 p.m.
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Brandon R. Brown, Trauma Specialist from Temple University, will share tips and tools for becoming a trauma-sensitive health professional.
Nature Connected Wellness: An Introduction to Forest Bathing for Healthcare Workers
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
6:00–7:00 p.m.
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A presentation co-sponsored by NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action and NH Public Health Association
Christine Tappan specializes in applying progressive practice, program, policy, strategy, and financial expertise across the health and human services spectrum. She has 25+ years of experience working in the public, social, and for-profit sectors, as well as primary and higher education, both in the United States and internationally. Currently, Christine is the Co-Director of Abt Associates Global Center on Technical Assistance and Implementation.
Christine’s inspiration to become a forest therapy guide came from her own experiences as a health and human services professional and leader experiencing burnout and vicarious trauma. After traditional trauma treatments failed to relieve her symptoms, Christine attended a multi-day forest bathing retreat and experienced profound benefits that lasted over time.
Fostering a Compassionate, Collaborative, and Supportive Culture of Care for Families Affected by Substance Use (Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds)
Friday, February 10, 2023
8:00–9:00 a.m.
Location: AUD A&B
Or join via Webex
Please join us for an extended morning of conversations with the grand round speakers Dr. Heather Briscoe (Pediatrician) and Dr. Dominika Seidman (Obstetrician) from UCSF, as we discuss topics such as: teaming across patient populations, access to treatment and care, updating system and state policies, and opportunities for increasing more equitable outcomes.
Learning objectives:
- Describe structural and institutional barriers to care for pregnant people affected by substance use.
- Be familiar with potential harms, benefits, and alternatives to PS involvement in families affected by
- substance use at birth.
- Discuss potential steps towards offering more compassionate, collaborative and supportive care for families affected by substance use.
Trauma Informed Care: Healing-Centered Engagement in Healthcare
February 15, 2023
3:00–4:00 pm
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Mountain West AIDS Education & Training Center Addiction Medicine Webinar Series
Session Objectives:
- Explain 2 ways that trauma impacts the brain, mind, and/or body.
- List 6 pillars of trauma-informed care.
- Explain the “4 R’s” of trauma-informed care.
- Provide one example of how to tailor the participant’s own services and/or setting to be more trauma-informed.
Presented by:
Ann Marie Roepke, PhD (she/her)
Evoke Training and Consulting, PLLC
Seattle, Washington
QPR for Farmers and Farm Families
Thursday, February 16, 2023
1:00–2:30 p.m.
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What is QPR? QPR training teaches laypeople and professionals to recognize and respond to mental health crises using the approach of Question, Persuade and Refer. To attend this training participants must be 18 years of age or older.
In this 1.5-hour QPR training, we will provide:
- Information on the unique challenges farmers face that can lead to stress, depression, and suicide.
- Examples implementing each QPR component with someone at risk for suicide.
- Information on how to help someone at risk of suicide.
Registration spots are limited, so please only register if you can attend the event. No recording of this training will be available. Interested in hosting a QPR training session for your organization? Contact Olivia Bury (obury@agrisafe.org) for more information!
The Human Microbiome, Social Equity, and Respiratory Health
Special TDI/Epidemiology Cohosted Seminar
February 17, 2023
12:00–1:00 pm
WTRB Conference Room 571E (RSVP required)
Or join via Zoom (Meeting ID: 931 9198 8464 | Passcode: 759300)
Ariangela J. Kozik, PhD, is a Research Investigator in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research on the role of the respiratory microbiome and host-microbiome interactions in asthma, Dr. Kozik is deeply committed to advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in biomedical research. She is a leader and advocate for diversity in academic research, having co-founded the Black Microbiologists Association, an organization dedicated to increasing Black representation in microbiology-related research fields. Dr. Kozik will discuss the need for biomedical research that considers the contribution of systemic and structural racism to chronic disease. Using a conceptual framework to bridge social and translational sciences, she aims to better identify and evaluate the mechanisms by which racialization and systemic inequity impacts respiratory health and fill a critical gap for innovative, collaborative approaches and frameworks to empower microbiome research that addresses complex questions and advances health equity.
PENNSYLVANIA AHEC SCHOLARS SPRING 2023 SPEAKER SERIES
Racism in Medicine: How You as a Health Professional Can Address Racism and Its Effects
March 6, 2023
6:00-7:00 p.m.
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Dr. Alaina James, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor) of the University of Pittsburgh will dive into Racism in Medicine, and how we as health professionals can address it and its effects.
Talking Climate with Patients
Thursday, March 9, 2023
6:00–7:00 p.m.
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A presentation co-sponsored by NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action and the NH Public Health Association
Andrew Lewandowski is a pediatrician with Group Health Cooperative in Madison, WI. He focuses on clinic-based counseling about climate change and health, recognizing the importance of equitable climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions on human health.
Bob Dewey, MD, Vice Chair, NH HWCA will be introducing the speaker and moderating the Q&A session.
Power Dynamics: Climate Change, Energy Insecurity, and Health Equity
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
6:00–7:00 p.m.
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A presentation co-sponsored by NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action and the NH Public Health Association
Diana Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, conducts research at the intersection of energy, equity, housing and health. Her work focuses on the social and environmental determinants of health and examines the impacts of policy and place-based interventions on the health and well-being of socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
An innovator in the field, Dr. Hernandez has operationalized and conducted foundational research on the concept of “energy insecurity,” which reflects the inability to adequately meet household energy needs. Her pathbreaking work has explored the multiple dimensions of this phenomenon, identifying sociodemographic disparities, adverse consequences and promising interventions toward energy justice.
PENNSYLVANIA AHEC SCHOLARS SPRING 2023 SPEAKER SERIES
Restorative Justice: A Different Approach and the Role of Health Care Providers
April 3, 2023
6:00-7:00 p.m.
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Dr. Maya Ragavan (Assistant Professor) from the University of Pittsburgh will join us to introduce the concept of restorative justice, and how we as health care providers can play a part.
Climate Change, Children’s Health, and Equity
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
6:00–7:00 p.m.
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A presentation co-sponsored by NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action and the NH Public Health Association
Lisa Patel is the Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. She is a former Presidential Management Fellow for the Environmental Protection Agency where she coordinated the US Government’s efforts on clean air and safe drinking water projects in South Asia in collaboration with the World Health Organization, and received the Trudy A. Specinar Award for her work. She is a member of the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change, and a faculty mentor for Stanford Climate and Health. As a mentor, she works with students and residents on projects related to climate-resilient schools, environmental justice, sustainable healthcare, and medical education curriculum reform. Lisa received her Master’s in Environmental Sciences from the Yale School of the Environment, her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and completed her training in pediatrics at UCSF.