First Roadmap Stop
ID2EA First Stop on the Roadmap-
Stronger Together
Medical Apartheid, Harriet Washington
Participants: Infectious Disease Section faculty and fellows/chief residents
November 16, 2020
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Agenda |
Speaker/Facilitator |
Timing |
Format |
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Welcome & background
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Dr. Erol Fikrig Dr. Gerald Friedland Dr. Darin Latimore Dr. Mahalia Desruisseaux |
6:00-6:30 |
Full group |
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Presentation by Keynote speaker: Harriet Washington Medical Apartheid: Historical Racism Goes Viral |
Harriet Washington |
6:30-7:15 |
Full group |
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Q/A with speaker, comments |
Frederick & Radin. Moderators |
7:15-7:45 |
Full group |
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Break – 10 minutes |
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7:45-7:55 |
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Case study Each group will focus on 1 question, may have time for others |
Dr. Heidi Zapata Dr. Shana Gleeson Dr. Inginia Genao |
7:55-8:25 |
Case presentation, discussion in breakout rooms |
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Discussion of case- insights from small groups |
Frederick + Genao, Moderators |
8:25-8:45 |
Full group |
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Conclusions and what’s next
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Dr. Lydia Barakat |
8:45-8:57 |
Full group |
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Wrap up/thank people for coming |
Dr. Mahalia Desruisseaux |
8:57-9:00 |
All |
Moderator: Jenny Frederick
Location: Zoom meeting (Dr. Paul Trubin host and Bob Sideleau)
Readings
Summary
Medical Apartheid traces the complex history of medical experimentation on Black Americans in the United States since the middle of the eighteenth century. Harriet Washington argues that "diverse forms of racial discrimination have shaped both the relationship between white physicians and black patients and the attitude of the latter towards modern medicine in general".[3]
The book is divided into three parts: the first is about the cultural memory of medical experimentation; the second examines recent cases of medical abuse and research; while the last addresses the complex relationship between racism and medicine. Some topics discussed are well-known, such as the Tuskegee syphilis experiment (1932—72), in which African Americans with the disease were intentionally denied treatment (without being told) in order to allow the progression of the disease so it could be observed in all stages, but other episodes are less well known to the general public.[3] The book also mentions cases of medical experimentation in Africa and their links to African-American cases.