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One-Hour Concurrent Session

The Impact of Health Disparities in Care Delivery: Joint SCCM/CCSC Session

Monday, February 24, 2025
9:45am – 10:45am Eastern Time
Location: W315
CE: 1

The four societies that make up the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC) will describe their initiatives to increase health equity in their organizations and through partnerships with others.

Learning Objectives:

  • Outline patient outcomes related to health equity disparities in critical care
  • Identify how health equity can be impacted through professional education
  • Discuss the impact of mitigation strategies for health disparities and critically ill patients

Presentations:

  • 9:50am – 10:00am Eastern Time
    Health Disparities: Outcomes and Mitigation Strategies in the Trauma Surgical Patient

    Jose Pascual, MD, PhD, FACS, FCCM, FRCSC – University of Pennsylvania

  • 10:00am – 10:10am Eastern Time
    The Impact of Professional Education on Health Disparities

    Jennifer Adamski, ACNP, CCRN, DNP (she/her/hers)

  • 10:10am – 10:20am Eastern Time
    Addressing Equity in Research: From Bench to Bedside

    Michelle Gong, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Montefiore Medical Center

  • 10:20am – 10:30am Eastern Time
    The Impact of Racism in Medicine: Health Disparities

    Nneka O. Sederstrom, MPH, PhD, FCCM – Hennepin Healthcare