Members wishing to sit on the Onondaga County Medical Society's 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee please contact OCMS Executive Director, Julie Panna at 315-671-5737 or jpanna@onmeddocs.org

Registration Now Open – February 16, 2022 @ 7:30 am Medical Matters CME Webinar The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial and Ethnic Minorities

The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on health inequities that lead to inequitable health outcomes amongst racial and ethnic minorities. Learn more about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic minorities by registering for “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial and Ethnic Minorities” on Wednesday February 16, 2022, at 7:30 A.M. Yvette Calderon, MD, MS will serve as faculty for this program. Register now.

Educational objectives are:

• Outline some social determinants of health that put racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of getting sick and dying from COVID-19
• Identify the ways in which
  racial and ethnic minority groups have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
• Describe strategies to improve COVID-related health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities

Additional information or assistance with registration may be obtained by contacting Melissa Hoffman at mhoffman@mssny.org.

The Medical Society of the State of New York is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical Society of the State of New York designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.