Course Overview

Advancing Equity through Interprofessional Education: A Story of Organizational Change at AIHM

Explore AIHM’s journey in advancing health equity through interprofessional education. Learn how structural change, JEDI principles, and collaboration drive Whole Health transformation across diverse communities.

2024 Annual Conference

October 25-27, 2024

Required Lessons

1 lesson with pre-test, video, post-test, and evaluation

Time to Complete

50 minutes

CME Eligible*

0.75 credit(s)

Detailed Course Info

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Course Description
Intended Audience
Learning Objectives
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Accreditation/CME

Course Description

Structural racism and systemic inequities continue to impact healthcare access, patient outcomes, and the integration of diverse health perspectives. This course explores how AIHM has actively addressed these challenges through interprofessional education and organizational change.

Participants will analyze the barriers that perpetuate bias within healthcare structures, including credentialing, power hierarchies, and Euro-Western knowledge dominance. The course outlines AIHM’s steps toward advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), including curriculum reform, leadership initiatives, and health equity training programs.

By the end of this session, participants will understand how structural transformation in medical education and professional collaboration can drive Whole Health equity across diverse communities.

Accreditation

Accreditation Statements

In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.

American Osteopathic Association

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians. 

Designation Statements

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 0.75 contact hour of AOA Category 1B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity. 

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacist

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN JA0004637-9999-25-009-H99-P and will award 0.75 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognized ACPE Providers.   

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity.   

Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. HSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

Nurses

This activity provides up to 0.75 contact hours. 

Certificate of Attendance

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 0.75 hours of participation.

For questions about CME credit, please contact us at https://www.aihm.org/contact/. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and/or the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine.
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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
  • Recognize the barriers and challenges within the medical system and organizational structures that perpetuate bias and limit integrative health equity.
  • Discuss the process and steps undertaken by AIHM’s leadership to advance health equity within this organization and member institutions.
  • Explain that justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) are fundamental to advancing Whole Health across communities.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists. 

Disclosures

Planner(s)

  • Bryan Hauf, MEd has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Speaker(s)

  • I. Jean Davis, PhD, DC, PA has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
  • Sheila McKinney, PhD, MA, CHES has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
  • Yvette Miller, M.D. has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
  • Grace Sesma, Traditional Cultural Training has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

What's included in this course?

This course includes the following:
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  • Video Recording
  • Downloadable Audio
  • Speaker Handout(s)
  • Quiz
  • Evaluation
  • Certificate of Completion
  • CME/CEUs

Course Outline

Meet Your Faculty

I. Jean Davis, PhD, DC, PA

Dr. I. Jean Davis has decades of experience as a community advocate, educator, clinician, and researcher. Her extensive education includes a BA in Psychobiology, a BS in Human Biology, an MS in Clinical Research, a Doctoral degree in Chiropractic Medicine, and a PhD in Preventative Medicine. She is widely known and recognized for her education, research, and expertise as a primary care provider: Associated Professor, Internal Medicine at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Past Medical Director and HIV Clinician at AIDS Health Foundation, Desert AIDS Project, and Clinician at Dusk to Dawn Urgent Care. She completed an Integrative Health and Medicine Fellowship at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM). Dr. Davis is the AIHM Black, Indigenous, People of Color Committee Co-Chair. She’s a board member of the Beyond AIDS Foundation and AIHM and a member of the AAHIVM CA/HI Steering Committee. Her continued focus is on total health and reducing disorders and diseases disproportionately impacting underserved communities and related social determinants. These health disparities include but are not limited to HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Substance Abuse, Diabetes, and Renal Disease.

Sheila McKinney, PhD, MA, CHES

20 years’ PH experience spanning research, program evaluation, project management, training, and higher ed instruction. Background includes success contributing to international projects, working with multicultural stakeholders, and integrating community members in health research. Expertise in developing and conducting research on the influence of gender, race, ethnicity, social cohesion, and culture on perceptions and behaviors to screen for diseases. Display forward-thinking mindset and adaptability, remaining current on issues and evidence. Represent organizations and present findings at high-profile conferences.

Yvette Miller, M.D.

Dr. Yvette Marie Miller is the American Red Cross Executive Medical Officer for the Donor and Client Support Center (DCSC) in Charlotte, NC. She has been with the Red Cross for over 24 years, serving in various leadership capacities, including regional Medical Director and Director of Apheresis Donor Collections and Clinical Services for the Arizona Region. As the Executive Medical Officer for the DCSC, she oversees donor eligibility, product management, and donor management. She has training in leading critical conversations about structural racism, diversity, equity and inclusion, and community resilience development. Dr. Miller’s other areas of interest include blood donor recruitment and education in the African American community and underrepresented communities, equitable access to healthcare in underserved communities, and the use of integrative medicine modalities in community health and wellness and self-care.

Grace Sesma, Traditional Cultural Training

Grace Alvarez Sesma is a cultural practitioner of Mexican Traditional Healing (Curanderismo), a ceremonialist, and activist. In addition to her Curanderismo healing practice, she is a facilitator for San Diego State University’s Academy for Professional Excellence School of Social Work Tribal Star program. She serves as
Elder-in-Residence annually at the First Nations Iskotew and Kumik teaching lodges in Canada. Grace is a 1993 Fellow of the National Hispana Leadership Institute, a collaborative project with the Center for Creative Leadership and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. As a cultural educator, she works with Chicano/Latinx/Indigenous mental health therapists and other healthcare providers to promote understanding of Mexican and Indigenous culture-specific interventions and to encourage mutually respectful collaboration. She is a member of the Kanap Kuahan Coalition, advisor to the House of the Moon (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women), and serves on the Consciousness & Healing Initiative (CHI) Practitioners Council.