Overcoming Implicit Bias  

IAFP's Health Equity MIG developed a two-part Implicit Bias Workshop specifically for Family Medicine Residency Programs - to be available starting January 2023. 

Led by the IAFP Health Equity Public Health work group, IAFP held a free interactive virtual event for all members in 2021 that covered four topics over two nights. 

Session 1 - Race and Disability 
Session 2 - Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and Substance Use  

Program Presenters:
Lead Facilitator: Javette C. Orgain, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Chair, IAFP Public Heath Workgroup on Health Equity
Past Speaker, American Academy of Family Physicians, Past President, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Past President National Medical Association
Medical Director, Longevity Health Plan of Illinois and staff physician at Vitas Healthcare, Inc.

Implicit Bias and Race                                                                       Disability

Carl E. Lambert, Jr., MD  Rush Family Medicine Leadership Program 2020 Family Medicine Teacher of the Year	Ronald Rembert, Jr., MD Board of Trustee member, American Association of Public Health Physicians  Family Heath Foundation of Illinois Board of Directors	Brian Chicoine, MD Director, Advocate Adult Down Syndrome Center 2019 Family Physician of the Year

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Anuj K Shah, MD, MPH (pronouns: he/him/his)
Integrative Family Medicine
Heartland Health Centers-Lakeview

Paola Susan MD, MBA (Pronouns she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
AFFIRM Primary Care Lead, The Rush Center for Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health

Substance Use

Thomas D. Huggett, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Mobile Health at Lawndale Christian Health Center
Chicago's West Side
Member, Illinois Medicaid Advisory Council
2018 IAFP Family Physician of the Year 

Ruchi M. Fitzgerald, MD FAAFP
Assistant Professor, Rush University Dept of Family Medicine/Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Program Director of Rush Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Service Chief of Inpatient Addiction Medicine, PCC Community Wellness/West Suburban Hospital

RESOURCES

Carl Lambert, MD was featured on WGN-TV news on Feb. 26 discussing inequality in medicine and lack of Black physicians. 

NPR story on overdose surge among Blacks during the pandemic

AAFP Leader Voices Blog from AAFP President Ada Stewart, MD - Black Physicians COVID Death Underscores Health Disparities

AAFP 3-Part series with Dr. Stewart on Measuring AAFP's Efforts on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. 

WGLT Radio story on the lack of Black men physicians featuring IAFP 2009 Teacher of the Year Kelvin Wynn, MD

Carl Lambert, MD, the was recently featured in an American Medical Association feature story about the importance of hope as we all confront COVID-19 fatigue nearly a year after the pandemic began. He also authored a blog post on KevinMD.com about the “minority tax” on black physicians who often carry the load in their roles to spearhead advocacy against racism and discrimination, while ensuring equality and inclusion at their institutions.

The Hill We Climb - by Amanda Gordon at the inauguration of President Joseph Biden on January 20

"Partnership to Improve Access to Buprenorphine Treatment in a Homeless Population" Annals of Family Medicine, January 2021 (Mile Square Health and the Night Ministry in Chicago)

Commentary:  Ableism at the Bedside People with Intellectual Disabilities and COVID-19 co-authored by Brian Chicoine, MD

Chicago Tribune article featuring Admit the Six advocacy co-led by Dr. Rembert

IAFP's Health Equity Resource Center 

Health Equity Member Interest Group  (open to all IAFP members)

IAFP Student Town Hall, October 17, 2020 Addressing Structural Racism and Advancing Health Equity (YouTube video)

AAFP's EveryONE project toolkit

IAFP Implicit Bias Workshop For Family Medicine Residencies