CDU Newsletter May 2023 | Seite 10

May 2023 CDU Newsletter
Page 10

Dr . Carlisle Joins Senator Sanders to Address Healthcare Workforce Shortage

CDU President and CEO David M .
study
health
conditions
that
( GME ) slots to teaching hospitals
Carlisle traveled to Morehouse disproportionately
impact
our
and
health
centers
affiliated
School of Medicine in Atlanta
communities
is
through
the
with
our
HBCU
medical
to participate in the U . S . Senate
research
enterprise
that
is
schools ,” remarked Dr . Valerie
Committee on Health , Education ,
associated
with
our
medical
Montgomery
Rice ,
Morehouse
Labor
and
Pensions
( HELP )
schools .”
School of Medicine President
Field Roundtable hearing . He
In their testimonies , students was invited by the committee and university leaders expressed chairperson , U . S . Senator Bernie the need for improved access to
Sanders to discuss ways to a greater number of residency improve workforce diversity and and fellowship program positions address shortages in the medical to successfully complete their field . The panel was composed training .
They emphasized of leaders and students from the insufficient availability of
Historically
Black
Medical residency slots to accommodate
Schools . the demand for training
and CEO . “ Priority consideration of such hospitals and health centers will align with the goals of the GME programs and ensure health workforce shortages are being appropriately addressed in medically underserved communities throughout the
U . S .”
The field hearing served as a
“ The main job of a medical
doctors , highlighting that recent
powerful
platform
to
foster
school is to train physicians to
expansions
have
overlooked
collaboration
and
develop
treat patients in various health
hospitals
affiliated
with
the
strategies to improve workforce
care settings . As my colleagues
schools .
diversity and tackle shortages
have stated , our four schools
“ If indeed it is a priority have and continue to serve a to increase the number of unique role in training Blacks physicians in communities of and other minorities for careers color and medically underserved as physicians and we do it better communities , there should be than any other set of institutions ,” specific provisions in each of said Dr . Carlisle . “ A key element these programs that direct a in building a diverse and capable meaningful portion of these health care workforce and to
Graduate
Medical
Education
in the healthcare sector . By uniting leaders , students , and policymakers in this important conversation , the event paved the way for a collective effort towards a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system
Watch the recording here .