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COURSE DESCRIPTION:  
According to the CDC, “Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment.”  health equity Please join us for Attaining Health Equity: Focusing Our Lens on What’s Important, with guest faculty, Mishah Azhar, M.D., and Danielle Little, M.D.

TARGET AUDIENCE: 
Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Residents,  Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Pharmacists and all other interested healthcare providers. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Define Health Equity and various terms associated with this, such as Structural Inequity, Racism and Social Determinants of Health
• Maximize knowledge and awareness of health disparities and health equity and assess factors that play a role in this.
• Explore the rationale behind the importance of addressing health disparities and health equity, including factors that contribute to these disparities. 
• Explore ways in which physicians can play a role in addressing health disparity and health equity to optimize medical care for these patient populations. 

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Mishah Azhar, M.D.
PGY-4 Internal Medicine Chief Resident
Visiting Assistant Professor of Integrated Medical Science
Florida Atlantic University
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Boca Raton, Florida

Danielle, Little, M.D.
Second-year Internal Medicine Resident
Florida Atlantic University
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Boca Raton, Florida
 

Mishah Azhar, M.D. and Danielle Little, M.D. faculty of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that their presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

John Rubin, M.D., director for this educational event, owns stock in AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., FACG, moderator for this educational event, indicated that he is on the Speaker’s Bureau for AbbVie, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual has been mitigated. 

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-855339, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Dentistry, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Athletic Trainers. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.