Saturday, August 5, 2023
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Pacific Time
Duration: 1 Hour
CEU credit: 1
Objectives:
- Discuss the contributing factors to healthcare disparities for patients with hand pathology
- Determine which patient populations are at increased risk of having issues with access to care
- Identify ways to adjust our own practice to mitigate the healthcare disparities that we see in our patient populations
- Improve the understanding of our own implicit biases to provide better and more well rounded care
Speaker: Lauren Santiesteban, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Division of Hand and Upper Extremity University of California, San Francisco Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bio: Dr. Santiesteban completed her undergraduate degree with honors in Anthropology and Biochemistry from Indiana University. She then received her M.D. degree from the New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at New York University Langone Health Department of Orthopedic Surgery and a fellowship at UCSF in Hand, Elbow and Upper Exremity in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery.
An active researcher, Dr. Santiesteban has published several peer-reviewed papers covering her clinical studies as well as diversity in orthopedics. As a mentor, she actively volunteers with high school and college STEM students, as well as medical students through the Perry Initiative. She also previously served as a Medical Brigade Volunteer and Translator with Timmy Global Health in Guatemala.
Dr. Santiesteban sees patients at the Orthopaedic Institute in San Francisco and the Marin Health Orthopedic | a UCSF Health Clinic in San Rafael, Marin County.
Rules for 2023. In order to earn CEU credits:
- You must be a paid up 2023 HTA-CA member
- Attended the Event (logged into the Zoom webinar) for at least 85% of the run time
- Complete the quiz with a score of 80% or higher
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**This webinar will be recorded. If you are not able to attend live, please register anyway and we will email you a link to the recording after the event. All members need to complete the post-session quiz in order the receive the CEU. Make sure that the correct contact information and credentials are entered in the registration and quiz. Thank you!**