February 11, 2015 "Race, Racism, and Medicine" Stephen Nelson, MD Director of Hemoglobinopathy Program Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Objectives: 1.Recognize race as an independent factor in health equity 2.Understand the factors that influence racial health care disparities 3.Begin to understand and have conversations about how unconscious bias affects health care delivery 4.Formulate an action plan to reduce racial health care disparities *For more information about the University of Minnesota’s Pediatric Grand Rounds, click here: https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/pediatric-grand-rounds (CME credits are not granted for online viewing) © 2016 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.