Intermountain Health and Black Physicians of Utah Launch 4th Annual Medicine Immersion Day
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Intermountain Health and the Black Physicians of Utah are joining forces for the 4th annual Medicine Immersion Day, a community event in Utah aimed at introducing Black Utahns and students of color to the field of medicine. The initiative is designed to empower these individuals to pursue careers in medicine or become physicians.
The 4th annual Medicine Immersion Day will take place at Intermountain Alta View Hospital in Sandy on Saturday, October 25, from 8 am to 2 pm. This event provides an opportunity for Black and underrepresented learners between the ages of 15-25 to explore various medical specialties and consider a future in the healthcare field.
“Intermountain Health and Intermountain Alta View Hospital are proud to partner with Black Physicians of Utah. Our hope is that this immersive Medicine Day will inspire young Black students to consider careers in medicine,” said Scott Roberson, president of Intermountain Alta View Hospital.
A recent report titled In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce highlights the importance of increasing ethnic and racial diversity among health professionals. The report indicates that diversity is associated with improved access to care for patients of color, greater patient choice and satisfaction, and enhanced educational experiences for health profession-based students, among other benefits.
“Since education and vocation are such important social determinants of health, inspiring Black youth to consider a career in medicine goes a long way toward fulfilling our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible,” said Roberson.
The full day Medical Immersion Day event at Intermountain Alta View Hospital includes various workshops, panels, and more, to fully immerse students into a day in the life of a physician.
Participating students are welcomed and have opportunities to participate in breakout groups where they can experience specialties such as labor and delivery, scrub in and visit an operating room, where they will learn about its procedures and anesthesia, as well as a hands-on simulation where they will learn to perform surgical sutures.
Additionally, students will have the opportunity to attend a job fair with leading healthcare and biotechnology organizations that includes Intermountain Health, SelectHealth, ARUP Laboratories and Myriad Genetics.
Students will not only experience life in the day of Black physicians but will have the chance to gain paid clinical experience through positions at the Medicine Immersion Day Job Fair.
These opportunities allow students to better understand the experiences of Black physicians that found their paths into medicine, ask questions, and receive advice.
“I strongly believe in the saying, ‘If you can see it, you can be it’,” said Richard Ferguson, MD, president and founder of Black Physicians of Utah. “Mentorship by Black physicians and other providers of color gives guidance and opportunities to marginalized groups, like African Americans in Utah, who are often overlooked or dismissed. I would not be where I am today if it were not for the mentors who fostered my interests in science and medicine at an early age.”
Medicine Immersion Day will continue to evolve as an annual event and be a resource to students of color throughout the community in Utah.
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