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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY FORD
1 3 A Resolution supporting the development of a standard
1 4 medical school curriculum that ensures physicians
1 5 receive training relating to racial and cultural bias.
1 6 WHEREAS, African-Americans frequently report
1 7 experiencing a different level of medical treatment
1 8 and care, regardless of their financial ability to
1 9 provide payment, in connection with recommended
1 10 treatment therapies; and
1 11 WHEREAS, this different level of medical treatment
1 12 and care may contribute to the fact that the health
1 13 status of African-Americans is significantly worse
1 14 than that of other population groups; and
1 15 WHEREAS, an Institute of Medicine report in March
1 16 2002 concluded that population groups identified as
1 17 racial and ethnic minorities received lower quality
1 18 health care than did groups identified as Caucasian,
1 19 including a reduced likelihood of undergoing bypass
1 20 surgery and receiving kidney dialysis or organ
1 21 transplants; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the American Medical Association has
1 23 adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward racially or
1 24 culturally based disparities in health care, has
1 25 recommended the development of assessment tools to
1 26 enable individual physicians and groups of physicians
1 27 to identify and act on racial and ethnic disparities
1 28 in health care, and has recommended that its
1 29 membership regularly monitor and report on progress
1 30 being made to address racial and ethnic disparities in
2 1 health care; and
2 2 WHEREAS, the percentage of the population that is
2 3 comprised of groups identified as racial and ethnic
2 4 minorities is growing at a much faster rate than the
2 5 percentage of such minorities represented in the
2 6 physician workforce; and
2 7 WHEREAS, bias in health care treatment needs to be
2 8 identified, expressly addressed, and eliminated; NOW
2 9 THEREFORE,
2 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 11 That the Iowa House of Representatives calls upon the
2 12 State Board of Regents, the administration and
2 13 governing board of the University of Iowa, the
2 14 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the faculty
2 15 and staff of the University of Iowa College of
2 16 Medicine, the administration and governing board of
2 17 Des Moines University – Osteopathic Medical Center,
2 18 and the faculty and staff of the College of
2 19 Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery of Des Moines
2 20 University, to develop a standard medical school
2 21 curriculum that ensures physicians receive explicit
2 22 training in the problems of racial bias and methods,
2 23 practices, and procedures to ensure that treatment and
2 24 therapies are recommended equitably regardless of
2 25 racial or cultural identity; and
2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 27 Resolution be sent to each of the aforementioned
2 28 administrative staffs, boards, and faculties, to the
2 29 Iowa Department of Public Health, and to the members
2 30 of Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 1 LSB 2501HH 80
3 2 rn/cl/14
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