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Workforce Grand Rounds Webinar Series:
Building Health Equity: The
Link Between Social Determinants, Healthy Communities, and Workforce Training
June 13, 2018 2:00-3:30pm ET
Purpose:
To highlight efforts combating the social determinants of health
as relative to different populations and how they are used to educate and train
health professionals.
Objectives:
- Identify health workforce
education and training that address social determinants.
- Understand a new framework for intervening
in the social determinants of health.
Meet the Presenters
Anthony Iton, MD, JD, MPH Senior Vice-President for
Healthy Communities The
California Endowment
Janice
C. Probst, PhD Director,
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center Professor, Department of Health Services Policy
and Management Arnold School of Public Health,
University of South Carolina
Sandra Lane, PhD, MPH Laura J. and
L. Douglas Meredith Professor Professor
of Public Health and Anthropology, Syracuse University Research Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Upstate Medical University
Deborah
Smith Clements, MD Chair,
Department of Family and Community Medicine Nancy
and Warren Furey Professor of Community Medicine Professor
of Family and Community Medicine and Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
University
About:
The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs provide financial support to institutions and individuals to enhance training programs and support practice in underserved communities.
The Workforce Grand Rounds webinar series' goal is to improve health professions training with the intention to increase the number of high-quality health professionals, particularly in rural and underserved communities.
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