October 6, 2005
Just Doctoring:Can Med. Ed. Ad. Racial & Ethnic Disparities in

Description
Call for Proposals

"Just Doctoring:  Can Medical Education Address Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Care?"
October 6-8, 2005, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
Sponsors:  The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, The National Medical Association, and the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education.

This conference will explore the roles medical education and medical educators should play in remedying racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Abstracts for panels or individual presentations are welcome for this conference. Proposals exploring best practices in medical school or residency education to address issues of access to health care, disparate outcomes of treatment, equitable accrual of participants in research, or cultural competence are especially desirable. Abstracts should be 250 - 500 words. Send to Mark Kuczewski, PhD, e-mail mkuczew@lumc.edu or Bob Johnson, e-mail bjohns5@lumc.edu
Deadline: April 15, 2005

Location
Maywood (Chicago), IL USA

Contact Information
Mark Kuczewski, PhD
mkuczew@lumc.edu
708-327-9219

Posted: 2005-02-26