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April 2023: "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide"

Our OB/GYN Department recognizes the importance of a broad array of formative experiences in our student body, residents, faculty, and staff. Moreover, we have a resolute commitment to support such a community. We plan to continue our work with our colleagues by creating more opportunities for advancement and education of all individuals, which includes training, provision of care, research, and community action.  Our OB/GYN Department has a Health Advancement Director, Dr. Candice Holliday, to lead these efforts. To better serve our diverse community and our future OBGYNs, we have the following initiatives: 

In-House Training/Experiences August 2023: “The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care” edited by Zena Sharman

  • We incorporate Duke OBGYN’s ALLIED Program which was created by APGO’s Medical Education Endowment Fund Grant Program to improve the learning environment for students, residents, and faculty as well as to give educators the tools to create curricula for both learners and educators.
  • We train our faculty and residents in implicit bias as well as microaggression through the College of Medicine's Office of Health Advancement.
  • We serve two Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) clinics:
    • Mostellar Medical Clinic in Bayou Le Batre, AL (a fishing village)
    • Franklin Medical Clinic in Mobile, AL
  • We conduct research that focuses on health disparities and social determinants of health in our community 

Partnerships 

  • Partner with the USA Pediatrics Department for hospital-wide events, including dinners and health fairs for resettled refugees
  • Partner with the College of Medicine's Student Run Free Clinic to provide OB/GYN faculty support of care at a local women's homeless shelter
  • Partner with College of Medicine's OB/GYN Interest Group to put on a quarterly Book Club focusing on a variety of health issues. Past topics include:
    • "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (first photo above)
    • "The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care” edited by Zena Sharman (second photo above)
    • "Aftershock" the 2022 Sundance documentary by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee on Black maternal mortality in America
    • "The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having―or Being Denied―an Abortion" by Diana Greene Foster Ph.D
    • "Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America" by Monique Rainford, M.D.