A key goal of the summit is to provide examples of effective educational programming for collegiate sports medicine professionals and practitioners, as well as strategies for creating a more inclusive environment for supporting diverse and underrepresented student-athletes both now and in the future.
Participants will have the opportunity to examine healthcare delivery through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion in order to analyze its impact on the collegiate student-athlete population.
The two-day program will feature lectures and panel discussions, including with current and former student-athletes, physicians, athletic trainers, educators, and administrators as they explore current and historical disparities for underrepresented populations, unique burdens and impacts on mental health.
(1) Describe current and historical disparities in healthcare for underrepresented population groups (2) Recognize obstacles that exist and limit underrepresented population groups from accessing comprehensive medical care (3) Discuss how disparities and obstacles accessing healthcare impact the student-athlete (4) Identify the unique burdens for an underrepresented student-athlete (5) Recognize how Mental Health programming may impact studentathletes of underrepresented groups (6) Recommend effective educational programming for members of the collegiate sports medicine units (7) Identify optimal strategies to create an environment where diverse and underrepresented student-athletes feel comfortable accessing care (8) Recognize strategies to promote diversity, equity and inclusion across multidisciplinary care teams