Foundations of Physician Responsibility – Health Equity
Welcome to Foundations in Health Equity
The vision of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is to shape a future in which all persons reach their full health potential. This is the definition of health equity. We are committed to educate and train physicians to have the skills, behaviors, and attitudes to promote health equity in all their endeavors.
How is Health Equity taught in FPR?
Health Equity core competencies are integrated within all components of FPR—Self, Team, Systems, and Patient—as we believe this is essential to all aspects of medicine. We begin with sessions to discuss how language promotes equity, followed by an introduction of terminology, the history of racism and systems of oppression, and the impact on human health. You will attend context talks by community partners and local experts, followed by group or individual activities to facilitate learning of practical actions to promote equity at each level of FPR (Self, Patient, Team, and Systems).
Other topics include:
- cultural humility, literacy, numeracy, and medical interpretation
- community-engaged research
- social drivers/vital conditions of health
- policy change
- intersectionality, indigenous health, imprisoned health
- availability, acceptability, and accessibility of health care and
- LGBTQ+ health
Health Equity Faculty
Lourdes Estrada, PhD
Assistant Dean of Health Equity Education
Professor Department of Biochemistry
Associate Director, Academic Programs & Operations
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Co-Director, MSTP Antiracism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ADI) Council
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Jillian Berkman, MD
Assistant Professor in Neurology
Office of Health Equity
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
For more information on Health Equity in FPR and VUSM, please email us at graduatecertificateinhealthequity @vumc.org.