Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Dermatology and Black Skin: Diversity, Differences and Disparities in Care

2022 Lecture in Black Health

Dermatology and Black Skin: Diversity, Differences and Disparities in Care

Marissa Joseph, MD, MScCH, FRCPC, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, RKS Dermatology Centre, Women’s College Hospital

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize how lack of representation impacts and creates inequities in the management of skin disease in patients with Black skin,
2. Describe differences in the clinical presentation and outcomes of selected dermatologic diseases in Black skin, and
3. Reflect on strategies to address the current unmet needs in Dermatologic treatment of Black Skin.

Recording:

Accreditation:

City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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