Category: National Medical Association

ERHD Program: Results from the National Medical Association Meetings

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The National Medical Association Convention: NMA
Dr. Eric Bailey in front of the Welcoming area of the NMA

As promised, I am reporting on the results from our participation as Exhibitors at the National Medical Association meetings held in Washington, DC. from July 23-27th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

This was the first time that the ERHD program displayed our Exhibit at a national conference. We had a table top exhibit highlighting our program along with our ERHD brochures. Our booth was located in the very front portion of the exhibit area so that everyone who entered, saw our display and materials.

The description of our booth in the National Medical Association program was as follows:

“A new graduate certificate program in ethnic and rural health disparities at East Carolina University uses the latest online technology to assist medical health professionals and public health administrators in not only obtaining additional expertise in ethnic and rural health disparities but also in developing culturally competent solutions for specific health disparity populations.”

Overall, I received alot questions and interests from medical and health professionals who wanted another way to get additional expertise in all types of health disparity issues. Additionally, professionals representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were also interested. The ERHD program greatly benefited from participating in this national conference because it showed that our new, innovative program is still one-of-a-kind in the midst of all the other higher educational programs in the United States.

Check out a few photos of the event.

ERHD Program attending 2011 National Medical Association Conference

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It gives me great pleasure to inform everyone that the ERHD program will be attending and exhibiting our promotional display at the National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly in Washington, DC from July 23 – 27th, 2011. We are excited about this opportunity to take part in the exhibit portion of the conference and showcase our program to all the participants of the conference.

The ERHD program will be recruiting interested medical and health professionals who want to improve their expertise in ethnic and rural health disparities as well as working on their particular institutions’ programs in developing culturally competent solutions for specific disparity populations. The five-day conference brings together thousands of professionals across the country who are interested in all areas of medical, clinical and public health activities. We therefore see this as a chance to share our program to those who may want to extend their skills in another area of medical care and public health intervention.

We also look forward in developing collaborative relationships with other higher education institutions that may need to develop a specific online program for graduate students in the area of ethnic health and health disparities. Our ERHD program provides an excellent opportunity for partnership with all types of institutions that are looking for innovative higher educational strategies to increase the expertise of their workforce, graduate students or medical/public health professionals.

After attending the conference, I will return to provide you an update of the event.