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ForwardMay 18, 2023: 12th Jack Green, M.D., Lecture in Psychiatry
Reducing Poverty by Intersecting Health Care and Justice Initiatives
To date, widespread education in psychiatry residency training programs has rarely included education on the important topic of the impact of racial and social injustice on access to care, incarceration, and healthcare outcomes (Castro-Ramirez et al., 2021). The murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare for all to see the longstanding inequities and injustices in our healthcare and carceral systems (LeMasters et al., 2022). The majority of people with mental illnesses are treated in incarcerated settings, and yet, we do not educate psychiatry trainees about the inequities that cause these issues serving only to further perpetuate the crisis (Tadros, 2021). To educate our trainees, we must first educate those responsible for their training. In this ADDPRT plenary, we will name the issues of poverty, wrongful/inequitable incarceration, and mental illness and their impact on the patients treated by psychiatrists. We will acknowledge the impact that we can have as educators on this very important topic.
Target Audience
This program is intended for: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Fellows, Residents, Interns and Nurses
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe and define social justice and injustice
- Demonstrate how injustice in America can impact psychiatric healthcare delivery, incarceration of the mentally ill, and the disparities in the legal system
- Identify the importance of teaching about social injustice in psychiatric residency training programs
- Utilize the lessons learned to educate trainees about social injustice in medicine
SPEAKER(S)
Bryan A. Stevenson, JD, MPP
Bryan A. Stevenson, JD, MPP
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Mr. Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners who suffer from dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. Mr. Stevenson and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 135 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced. EJI is also working to reduce poverty and assist some of the most vulnerable people by creating new services and support around hunger, unjust fees and fines, and health care. The knowledge that Mr. Stevenson will bring to the AADPRT conference will be in a plenary format and will be from the perspective of someone who has fought injustice throughout his entire career. Through this education, we hope to open a new portal for understanding the importance of these issues in psychiatric residency training.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.
This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.
- 1.00 Participation
This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.
Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.
- 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
This offering meets the criteria for 1.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.