APTR and 287 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations ask Congress to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $25 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. We also encourage Congress to explore opportunities for building out and further supporting firearm-related research at all other appropriate agencies, to ensure that federally funded research can explore the full scope of this public health issue. Continued and expanded funding could support the creation of additional, large, multi-year studies and accelerate the rebuilding of a research community that shrank in the decades before Congress restored this federal funding. Exploring additional agencies to fund for this work would also ensure this research can address all necessary areas of inquiry and move us closer to the approximately $100 million necessary annually to fully support this research field.

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Join the Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH) (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health) and Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) as they host a discussion exploring anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the spectrum of health professions education. The panelists will discuss what it will take to eliminate racism and discrimination in health professions’ curricula and learning environments. This discussion will provide the audience with ideas and insights for initiating, enhancing and sustaining efforts to prepare future public health and healthcare leaders to advance racial equity.

Objectives:

1. Describe the relationship between anti-racism, health equity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of health professions education.
2. Analyze existing curriculum to ensure preparation of a public health and healthcare workforce to advance racial equity
3. Evaluate effective strategies for creating anti-racist, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
   

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Speakers

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Dean
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Daniel Dawes, JD
Director
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine

Moderator:
Malika Fair, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Equity and Social Accountability
Association of American Medical Colleges

This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.

Case studies, simulation scenarios, and PowerPoint slides were developed by the Immunization Resources for Undergraduate Nursing (IRUN) project through a
cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). The teaching resources support the learning objectives in the Immunization Resources for
Undergraduate Nursing (IRUN) Curriculum Framework: A Guide to Integrating Content in Prelicensure Nursing Practice (IRUN Framework).

Case studies

• 21 case studies cover fundamental immunization content across the life span.
• Students can use clinical judgment and reasoning as they work through case studies and corresponding activities.
• Comprehensive teaching tools with immunization topic overviews, case objectives, a glossary, and reference materials.
• Adaptable case studies can be incorporated into in-person or virtual learning course curricula as either individual or group learning activities.

Simulation scenarios

• Infant, adolescent, and adult vaccination scenarios are available.
• Students can practice clinical decision-making and communication skills.
• Adaptable scenarios can be used in a classroom role-play, as a stand-alone lab simulation, or incorporate them into existing simulations and/or course content.

Slide Sets

• Presentations on vaccine-preventable diseases
• Speaker’s notes, glossary, and learning resources included.
• Insert adaptable slides into an existing presentation, use them to create a new lecture, or provide them directly to students.
• Aligned with the 12 topic areas of the IRUN Framework.

Visit IRUNursing.org to download available teaching resources.