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SCHEDULE
1745 - 1800: Welcome and Posters
1800 - 1845: Panel 1: Diversity and Inclusion in Patient Access
Alister Bull
Abigail Gorman
1845 - 1930: Panel 2: Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare Careers and Professional development
Vanessa Apea
Helena McKeown
Michael Sykes
Halimah Khalil
1930 - 1945: Accessible in Healthcare Education
19:45 - 20:00: Oral presentations
A National Surgery Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity workshop - Lilian Lee
Representing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) skin in dermatology education amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: an evaluation of an e-learning resource - Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi
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SPEAKERS
Alister Bull - Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice exist to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.
Abigail Gorman - Sign Health
Sign Health are a passionate and caring Deaf-led team, working towards a future where there are no barriers to good health and wellbeing for Deaf people.
They partner with the NHS and service providers across the country.
They are one of the UK’s largest employers of Deaf people, and most hearing staff in their projects and services are fluent sign language users.
Dr Vanessa Apea is a consultant physician in Genito-urinary and HIV medicine and the clinical lead for Sexual Health at Barts Health NHS Trust. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
Vanessa is passionate about reducing inequalities in healthcare. She has made this a central focus of her clinical work and received an NHS 70 Windrush Award for her contribution to improving health equity. She has an established track record of exploring barriers to engagement in care in marginalised populations and has a particular research interest in participatory approaches and the intersection of race, gender and health.
She is a member of the London Fast-Track Cities Initiative stigma subgroup working to get London to zero HIV stigma. She is also the medical director of NAZ, a charity advocating for high quality sexual health and HIV support services for BAME communities.
Vanessa is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University.
Halimah Khalil (Fourth Year Medical Student, Public Health BMedSc (Hons), University of Birmingham)
Talking about the challenges faced by medical students from a lower-socio economic groups/widening participation background with regards to career development, and how we can overcome them.
Speaking on "Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare Careers and Professional Development"
How we can continue to be more gender inclusive as a profession, any challenges we can face and how we can overcome them
Michael Sykes - Reache
Reache (Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre for Healthcare Professionals Education) North West has been set up to assist Refugee and asylum seeking Healthcare Professionals (RHPs) to register their qualifications in the UK. It has an education centre in Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. We also assist RHPs who have permission to work in seeking professional employment in the UK National Health Service (NHS).