Kirby Randolph – A Brief History of Race and Epidemics in the United States

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Learning Objectives:

1. Explain how contextualizing the status of African Americans historically helps to understand their differential health outcomes.
2. Discuss the role of medicine and public health historically in contributing to high Black mortality in pandemics.
3. Describe the legacy of viewing African Americans as biologically distinct and divergent from the body politic.

This program was planned and implemented by the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and was accredited by the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons (MAOPS).

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of 0.5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the American Council for continuing medical education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of one AMA PRA Category 0.5 Credit „¢.   Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Kirby Randolph, PhD is faculty in the Bioethics Department in the College of Medicine. She came to KCU in 2016 after having served as an administrator at Truman Medical Center, Behavioral Health for seven years. Originally an Air Force BRAT, Dr. Randolph is from the East Coast. She received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in History. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Healthcare Policy before joining the faculty at University of Kansas School of Medicine in the History and Philosophy of Medicine department. Her area of research is the history of psychiatry, race and mental disabilities. At KCU, Dr. Randolph teaches Bioethics I to the first year medical students. She also teaches History of Medicine, Health Care Policy and Difficult scenarios with Simulated Patients in the Bioethics Master’s degree program.

Dr. Randolph discloses that she has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program or presentation.   She also discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests relative to the content of this presentation.