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Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Populations can be defined by factors such as race or ethnicity, gender, education or income, disability, geographic location (e.g., rural or urban), or sexual orientation. The purpose of this track is to match a designated resident who can help advance our departmental and institutional mission to reduce health disparities in our community. Our DMCH resident will focus his or her research and quality improvement efforts to achieve these goals.
The DMCH resident
- Will not have any additional clinical responsibilities or designated block time different form his or her peers.
- Will dedicate research efforts (mandated for all our residents) to topics related to health disparities.
- Will dedicate quality improvement (mandated for all our residents) efforts to topical related to health disparities.
- Will give grand rounds lectures to our department annually to biannually on this topic.
Reference
- CDC. Community Health and Program Services (CHAPS): Health Disparities Among Racial/Ethnic Populations. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008