Revisiting Primary Care's Critical Role in Achieving Health Equity: Pisacano Scholars' Reflections from Starfield Summit II.
Brian Park, Anastasia J Coutinho, Noemi Doohan, Jonathan Jimenez, Sara Martin, Max Romano, Diana Wohler, Jennifer DeVoe
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Brian Park: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW). parbr@ohsu.edu.
Anastasia J Coutinho: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Noemi Doohan: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Jonathan Jimenez: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Sara Martin: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Max Romano: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Diana Wohler: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
Jennifer DeVoe: From the Combined Family Medicine & Preventive Medicine Residency (BP) and the Department of Family Medicine (JD), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, Santa Rosa, CA (AJC; SM); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento (ND); the Duke University Family Medicine Residency, Durham, NC (JJ); Bloomberg School of Public Health - General Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (MR); MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore (MR); the Brown Family Medicine Residency Program, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket (DW).
The second Starfield Summit was held in Portland, Oregon, in April 2017. The Summit addressed the role of primary care in advancing health equity by focusing on 4 key domains: social determinants of health in primary care, vulnerable populations, economics and policy, and social accountability. Invited participants represented an interdisciplinary group of primary care clinicians, researchers, educators, policymakers, community leaders, and trainees. The Pisacano Leadership Foundation was one of the Summit sponsors and held its annual leadership symposium in conjunction with the Summit, enabling several Pisacano Scholars to attend the Summit. After the Summit, a small group of current and former Pisacano Scholars formed a writing group to highlight key themes and implications for action discussed at the Summit. The Summit resonated as a call to action for primary care to move beyond identifying existing health inequities and toward the development of interventions that advance health equity, through education, research, and enhanced community partnerships. In doing so, the Summit aimed to build on the foundational work of Dr. Starfield, challenging us to explore the significant role of primary care in truly achieving health equity.
