Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Disparities Institute.

 

Session Speaker: Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez and Dr. Rocio Chang

 

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

 

Time: 12:00pm - 1:15pm

 

Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/215340346636100?p=Pvvj1W1qEGhbHOJ8zW

 

Session Attendance Code: MUGKUH

 

Session Description: This session is part of the Health Equity Lunch & Learn Series. The arts have long been used to advance equity and social justice. Recently we have seen the integration of the arts in health research designed to advance health equity. During this session we will hear from UConn Health researchers and partners who employ the arts to generate knowledge to improve health and wellbeing. Specifically, Dr. Sprague Martinez will introduce photovoice and Dr. Rocio Chang will discuss how it is being used to understand the impacts of racial trauma and to inform trauma informed care trainings focused on trauma in the lives of young adults, their families, and communities. provided by the Center for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders.  

 

Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):

1.  Familiarize oneself with a qualitative research method, Photovoice, and its utilization as a community based participatory research project.

2.  Learn about the importance of learning from the people we serve.

3.  Be familiar with the impact of trauma on the lives of young adults.

 

Target Audience:  Practicing community outreach clinicians, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, medical assistants, and public health officials.

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 _ 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.