CBC/S: Strategies for navigating Racism as Minoritized Professionals in Healthcare

When: Thursday, December 16 - 3:30 PM

Duration: 1 hours

Location: Zoom Webinar

Event Details:

In this workshop, Dr. Uwemedimo, will share the experience of minoritized professionals in healthcare and the unique obstacles that one faces including isolation, anxiety and self-doubt due to lack of support, mentorship and sponsorship while trying to serve others and not feel drained.  Higher rates of burnout are also prevalent due to  the concept of stereotype threat, which will be discussed.

Participants will learn  

• the 3 ways that health professionals of color can navigate racism to mitigate stress 
• how to recover from trauma and prevent it from stunting our growth and causing burnout 
• how organizations can do to support workplace staff