The surgical workplace requires rapid processing of a wide range of data from multiple sources. Surgical teams depend on information exchange, pattern recognition, cohesion, and the mutual respect and trust of fellow team members to make complex surgical decisions. When the health system seeks to provide surgical care within a social ecosystem that embodies a caste infrastructure, the result is a significant weakness in the delivery of high-quality care. Caste systems are grounded in historically ingrained inequalities rooted in the belief that certain groups of people are inferior based on gender, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Leaders of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) will present new and revealing research and personal stories that underscore how microaggressions in the surgical workforce serve to hinder health systems and patient outcomes. The panel session will elaborate on past challenges, and of equal importance, suggest potential solutions to forge a path forward including allyship.
PROGRAM
Clinical Background
Welcome & Introduction - Dr. Carla Pugh (USA), Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA), Dr. Gantt (USA) and Dr. Dent (USA)
Microaggressions in Surgical Training – Dr. Yewande Alimi (USA)
Microaggressions & The Black Male Physician - Dr. Fabian Johnston (USA)
Microaggressions & The Black Female Physician – Dr. Lola Fayanju (USA)
Microaggressions & The Surgical Workplace – Dr. Carla Pugh (USA)
Allyship, Policies and Real Solutions – Dr. Paris Butler
Discussion and closing remarks moderated Dr. Carla Pugh (USA), Dr. Gantt (USA) and Dr. Dent (USA)
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