Addressing Disparities in Surgery-The Semantics of Health Equity: From Concepts to Strategic Approaches

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LIVECMECNEConferences & Symposia

Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST, Online, Philadelphia, PA

This curriculum is designed to provide a broad overview of the factors that drive disparities in health care and health outcomes for patients with surgical disease. This course is not intended to merely reiterate why eliminating surgical disparities are important. Rather, the curriculum focuses on engaging participants in meaningful dialogue about how systems perpetuate disparities in access, care quality, experience, and outcomes for disadvantaged patient populations with surgical disease. Further, it challenges participants to consider how we, as health providers and as a health system, can create change to address these disparities.

1. Explain the principles of health equity and related concepts
2. Identify how social determinants of health influence access to surgical care, including their effect on medical diseases that increase the risk of surgery
3. Examine how systemic factors create barriers to high-quality surgical care

In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Penn Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: This activity provides 1.5 contact hours

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance / Participation (1.50 hours), Nursing Contact Hours (1.50 hours)