Event
Webinar: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Role of Race in Clinical Practice
Webinar: Deconstructing and reconstructing the role of race in clinical practice
Date and time: Thursday April 18, 12pm-1.30pm
Speaker: Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, MDCM
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the historical construction of race as a biologic category and its limitations as a proxy for genetic background.
- Recognize how the development of a racialized hierarchy in society has had populational health implications over time.
- Develop strategies to critically review the pertinence of race-based clinical evidence and practice (done is small groups).
Location : Online (a Zoom link will be sent to you after registration).
This event is being organized by Faculty Development at the Department of Family Medicine.
About The Speaker
Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, MDCM, Director, Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), McGill University. Since 2018, Dr. Mukhopadhyay has served as co-site lead for the Department of Family Medicine Distributed Medical Education in Waskaganish. Dr. Mukhopadhyay attended Cornell University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts. He went on to obtain a Master of Arts in Sociology from McGill, where his research focused on medical humanitarianism as a social movement.
Contact Information
Contact:
Maria Morrison
Email:
facdevcme.fammed [at] mcgill.ca
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