Health Equity Member Interest Group

Co Chairs:  Ronald Rembert, Jr., MD and Andrea Haynes, MD

Are health equity and diversity topics that move you and resonate with your professional interests?  
Disseminate and update the Health Equity Resource Center and assist other family physicians to incorporate health equity in their practices, organizations and community.  
IAFP Implicit Bias Toolkit for Family Medicine Residency Programs

The MIG has a book club! They met to discuss County by Dr. David Ansell and Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington 
and My Quest for Health Equity by David Satcher, MD (former US Surgeon General)

Next Book Club Meetings:

We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on 2/26/25 at 7pm CST
A Zoom link will be added here closer to the event date. 

Race After Technology by Dr. Ruha Benjamin on 8/27/25 at 7pm CST.
A Zoom link will be added here closer to the event date.

From the 2/28 Meeting:  New Resources suggested

www.findhelp.org
www.pacebus.com
Using insurance payers for transportation to appointments. For example, County Care provides rides to medical visits
AAFP Blog about G2211 code 

Other MIG Activity:

CME Webinar - Health Equity in LGBTQ+ and Gender Affirming Care
September 27, 2023  Presenter: Dr. Christopher Veal, IAFP Resident Board Member.  View and earn CME on the IAFP Education YouTube Channel

Implicit Bias Training (meets Licensing CME Requirement) 
Presented by: Ronald Rembert, Jr., MD and Andrea Haynes, MD
June 23, 2023  on the IAFP Education YouTube Channel

 Rural Health Equity Summit, held September 2021 and 
 Implicit Bias Workshop, March 4 and 11, 2021 (virtual)
Implicit Bias Toolkit for Family Medicine Residency Programs is now available!