的 Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine 多样性 Lecture Series continues in November and December with two events.
的 next lecture — “Credentials Don't Shield Healthcare Professionals from Bias,” — will be presented Nov. 利昂·麦克道格，M.D., MPH, chief diversity officer for 的 Ohio State University Wexner 医疗 Center. A third lecture is planned for Dec. 11, set to feature Tonya Bailey, chief diversity officer, Lansing 社区 College.
的 forthcoming events follow the 这个系列的第一个该会议于10月11日举行. 22和特色V. Thande sul
Sulé effectively conducted a workshop to help participants understand what she described at “normalized, taken-for-granted behaviors, how those behaviors are informed by our discomfort with engaging in critical conversations about the intersection between social identity and access to resources, which includes equitable health care.”
“We have to become comfortable having these conversations, otherwise we won’t move past it,” said Deirde皮特, interim associate dean for Academic, 教员事务 and 多样性 & 包容, assistant professor of Foundational 医疗 Studies.
多样性 Lecture Series presentations are consistent with the OUWB 多样性 & 包容 mission — to facilitate and promote OUWB’s diverse and inclusive medical learning community through pipeline programs, student support and interest groups, 教育项目, community outreach events.
根据 Caryn Reed-Hendon, Ph.D., director, OUWB 多样性 & 包容, the hope is that the lectures inspire dialogue among members of the community surrounding controversial and compelling narrative specific to diversity and inclusion in the health care environment and in everyday life.
Next up in the series is “Credentials Don't Shield Healthcare Professionals from Bias,麦克道格说道. 该活动定于11月11日举行. 6、中午至下午1:30.m., in room 110B of Oakland University’s O’Dowd Hall.
“I’m hoping that t在这里’s a continued conversation about inclusivity in the classroom, which is something that we are really looking hard at in our environment,皮茨说. “A sense of belonging is extremely important to the success of any student…if you’re not feeling like you belong as part of a cohort you’re participating with, it makes it difficult for you to excel.”
McDougle is the first African American professor with tenure in 的 Ohio State University Department of Family Medicine and the first chief diversity officer for the OSU Wexner 医疗 Center.
A graduate of the University of Toledo and OSU College of Medicine, he completed the family medicine residency at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, 加州, earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy.
McDougle was recognized as being among the top 10 percent of physicians nationally for patient satisfaction. McDougle recently became president-elect of the National 医疗 Association (NMA) and will be installed as the 121st president on Aug. 4, 2020, during the 125th Anniversary of the NMA in Atlanta, Georgia.
Details of the December event featuring Bailey are still being finalized. Pitts said the focus will be on the importance of executives and leaders pursuing inclusive excellence.
的 events are open to the entire OUWB community. In addition to their on-campus presentations, on the same days the presenters will take part in Dinner with a Doctor events at Beaumont Hospital, 皇家橡树.
登记 details for the McDougle lecture can be found 在这里.
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