An Indigenous Rights-Based Approach to Emergency Medicine | September 16, 2022
Date of Presentation: September 16, 2022
Type: Training
Program: Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities/IHS ECHO Program
Keywords: #health disparities #healthcare #healthcare delivery #Indigenous rights #medical emergencies
In this keynote presentation, Victor Lopez Carmen provides context on Context on Indigenous Peoples’ rights (including Indigenous patients), as per the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and discusses the relationship between Indigenous rights and health disparities, including increased medical emergencies. Then, Mr Lopez Carmen, examines how the implementation of the UNDRIP can improve Indigenous health and decrease medical emergencies, and shares how to apply an Indigenous rights framework to your clinical practice, political advocacy, and healthcare delivery.
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Presented by:
Victor Lopez Carmen
Victor Lopez Carmen, (known as Waokiya Mani in the Dakota language) is both a medical student at Harvard and an elected co-chair of the United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, where he advocates for Indigenous issues in international forums. During the pandemic, he found Translations for our Nations, a grant-funds program that translates accurate Covid-19 information in over 40 Indigenous languages. Victor has also developed an Indigenous pipeline program, the Ohuyesa Premedical Program, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to increase representation in the healthcare workforce. When he graduates from medical school, Lopez-Carmen will be the first male doctor enrolled in the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.
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Date added: September 20, 2022
