Moderator: Gary W. Stewart, MD

Description
These quarterly discussions will address books and journal articles on healthcare inequities along with diversity and inclusion issues for the profession. Programming will include small group breakout discussions and guest speakers where appropriate.

Featured Book
Just Medicine - A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew
"Over 84,000 black and brown lives are needlessly lost each year due to health disparities: the unfair, unjust, and avoidable differences between the quality and quantity of health care provided to Americans who are members of racial and ethnic minorities and care provided to whites. Health disparities have remained stubbornly entrenched in the American health care system—and in Just Medicine Dayna Bowen Matthew finds that they principally arise from unconscious racial and ethnic biases held by physicians, institutional providers, and their patients."  

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Define implicit bias
• Understand how implicit biases affect disparate healthcare outcomes
• Understand how implicit biases contribute to healthcare inequities

Accreditation
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The AOFAS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

A need for this educational activity has been determined based on previous course evaluations and the AOFAS educational curriculum. The content of this course was based on current issues and topics provided by AOFAS membership and leadership. For more information on the AOFAS CME mission, visit aofas.org/education.

AOFAS requires all instructors, planners, and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations during the past 12 months with any commercial interest (any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods and services consumed by, or used on patients). All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the education content vetted by AOFAS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness. AOFAS also requires faculty to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity. AOFAS attests that the persons responsible for the development of this educational activity did so independently and were not influenced by commercial supporters. All financial disclosures will be provided to meeting attendees in the final program materials.

The material presented in this continuing medical education activity has been made available by the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) for educational purposes only. This material is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily the best, methods or procedures appropriate for the medical situation discussed, but rather is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the authors or presenters, which may be helpful or of interest to other practitioners. Methods, techniques, and procedures demonstrated and views and opinions expressed by speakers, presenters, and faculty are their own, and do not necessarily represent those of AOFAS, nor does presentation on the program represent or constitute endorsement or promotion by AOFAS. AOFAS expressly disclaims any warranties or guarantees, expressed or implied, and shall not be liable for damages of any kind in connection with the material, methods, information, techniques, opinions, or procedures expressed, presented, or demonstrated.

DEI COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES (Faculty and Planners)

Gary W. Stewart, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

J. Robert Gladden Society: Board or committee member

AAOS: Board or committee member

Carbon-22: Stock or Stock Options

Altior: Stock or Stock Options

Novastep: Stock or Stock Options

Tonya Dixon, MD, MPH

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

J. Robert Gladden Society: Board or committee member

Lorena Bejarano-Pineda, MD

This individual reported nothing to disclose

Michelle M. Coleman, MD, PhD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

J. Imani Dupree, MD

This individual reported nothing to disclose

Robert Gorman III, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

Novastep: Royalties

Arthrex Inc: Speaker’s Bureau/Presenter

Zimmer: Paid Consultant

Novastep: Paid Consultant

Carbon-22: Stock or Stock Options

Altior Trauma: Stock or Stock Options

BICMD: Stock or Stock Options

Anthony Ndu, MD

Tyber Implants: Paid Consultant

Nextremity Solutions: Paid Consultant

Kaitlin Neary, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

Arthrex Inc: Speaker’s Bureau/Presenter

Arthrex Inc: Speaker’s Bureau/Presenter

Arthrex Inc: Research Support

Jacqueline Nguyen, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

David I. Pedowitz, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

Smith & Nephew: Royalties

Zimmer: Royalties

Smith & Nephew: Paid Consultant

Arthrex Inc: Paid Consultant

MiRus: Paid Consultant

Ossio: Paid Consultant

Smith & Nephew: Research Support

Thermaquil: Stock or Stock Options

MiRus: Stock or Stock Options

Arthrex Inc: Speaker’s Bureau/Presenter

Smith & Nephew: Speaker’s Bureau/Presenter

Ossio: Stock or Stock Options

Andres Piscoya, MD

This individual reported nothing to disclose

Vinayak M. Sathe, MD

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member

Lubna Ziauddin (RJOS)

This individual reported nothing to disclose