Learning Collaborative - Driving Equity Through Awareness: Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Care in Medical Education

Session Description:

Healthcare disparities are linked to social determinants of health, which include access to healthcare and education. Medical education can be used as a tool to increase awareness and provide guidance on how healthcare professionals can address these disparities in care in their practice. This session will use a learning collaborative model with experienced panelists to foster peer-to-peer learning on opportunities to incorporate the patient voice into medical education and provide insights to optimize the care of patients. Participants will be invited to share their experiences on the following questions:

1. What are strategies your organization has used to encourage discussions around social determinants of health and incorporating it into continuing education?


2. How has your organization focused on educational opportunities to address disparities in care in general or for specific therapeutic areas?


3. What are some ways you have incorporated the patient voice when designing and developing your medical education programs?


4. What are some challenges related to addressing social determinants of health into content for medical education that you have encountered in the past and how did you overcome them?

Innovation: Being aware of how clinicians can address disparities in care and the social determinants of health will lead to improving overall patient care. This session will highlight best practices and ways to design content for medical education programs to incorporate the patient voice and identify how to better discuss topics that are often times challenging to make patients feel more comfortable and trust their healthcare professionals.