GME Speaker Series Addressing Healthcare Disparities

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Office of Graduate Medical Education/Committee on Representation and Empowerment.
 
Speaker: Cynthia Price, MD; Albert Zhou, MD, PhD; Colleen Harrington, LCSW, MBA
Title: Impact of the Executive Orders on our Training Programs
Date: 2/13/2026
Time: 7:30AM-9:00AM
Location: Virtual
 
Session Attendance Code: RUCYUG
 
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
  1. Describe the structure and funding mechanisms of Medicaid, including the federal–state partnership model, and understand how federal policy actions can influence state Medicaid programs such as Connecticut’s HUSKY Health.
  2. Illustrate how changes in Medicaid funding and policy translate into downstream effects on patient access, clinical workload, and residency and fellowship training experiences.
  3. Discuss the implications of Medicaid access limitations for health equity, workforce development, and the emergence of two-tiered systems of care within academic medical centers.
  4. Identify institutional- and trainee-level strategies that can mitigate the impact of Medicaid policy changes on patient care and training programs.
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Cynthia Price, MD; Albert Zhou, MD, PhD; Colleen Harrington, LCSW, MBA in their roles as speakers for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.  
Speaker Off-label Statement: Cynthia Price, MD; Albert Zhou, MD, PhD; Colleen Harrington, LCSW, MBA will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 
Target Audience: GME Program Directors, GME Program Coordinators, GME Program Faculty Members.
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1.5 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:  Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.
Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
 
Session date: 
02/13/2026 - 7:30am to 9:00am EST
Location: 
Virtual
UConn Health
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Participation
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