Chavon Onumah

ORCID: 0000-0003-0267-9929
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Research Areas
  • Medical Education and Admissions
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Cultural Competency in Health Care
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

George Washington University
2019-2023

Washington University Medical Center
2023

University of Pittsburgh
2021

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
2019

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2019

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
2019

Albany Medical Center Hospital
2019

Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
2019

Howard University Hospital
2012

Minneapolis VA Medical Center
2011

To help address health care disparities and promote higher-quality, culturally sensitive in the United States, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education other governing bodies propose cultivating a more diverse physician workforce. In addition, improved training patient outcomes have been demonstrated teams. However, prioritizing graduate medical education (GME) diversity inclusion efforts can be challenging unidimensional initiatives typically result failure. Little literature...

10.1097/acm.0000000000003073 article EN Academic Medicine 2019-11-08

Educational equity in medicine cannot be achieved without addressing assessment bias. Assessment bias health professions education is prevalent and has extensive implications for learners and, ultimately, the care system. Medical schools educators desire to minimize bias, but there no current consensus on effective approaches. Frontline teaching faculty have opportunity mitigate clinical real time. Based their experiences as educators, authors created a case study about student illustrate...

10.1097/acm.0000000000005246 article EN Academic Medicine 2023-04-18

Introduction: Despite significant health care reform in the past 10 years, disparities persist marginalized and low-resource communities.Although there are a lot of reasons for disparities, many which not related to care, changes policy can lead improved equity.Redefining as an important aspect medical education could popularize teaching application competencies within academic centers.Methods: The Kern model was applied develop workshop educate students on basic concepts opportunities them...

10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10827 article EN cc-by-nc MedEdPORTAL 2019-05-20

Purpose Equity in assessment and grading has become imperative across medical education. Although strategies to promote equity exist, there may be variable penetrance institutions. The objectives of this study were identify internal medicine (IM) clerkship directors (CDs) use reduce inequities explore IM CDs’ perceptions factors that impede or facilitate the implementation these strategies. Method From October December 2021, Clerkship Directors Internal Medicine Alliance for Academic...

10.1097/acm.0000000000005142 article EN Academic Medicine 2023-01-06

Renal disease disproportionately affects African-American patients. Trust has been implicated as an important factor in patient outcomes. Higher levels of trust and better interpersonal care have reported when race physician are concordant. The purpose this analysis was to examine trends the racial background U.S. medical school graduates, internal medicine residents, nephrology fellows, patients with ESRD.Data for graduates were obtained from Association American Medical Colleges data...

10.2215/cjn.04450510 article EN Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2011-01-28

Introduction: African-Americans (AA) have the highest rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) deaths. Adherence to CRC screening guidelines can improve outcomes. This study evaluated physician trust and barriers by focus group participants, comparing church member (CM) health care learners’ (HCL) responses. Methods: A discussion facilitated university faculty physicians, included Washington, D.C. members learners (HCL; medical students, post-graduate trainees), trust, knowledge identified barriers....

10.14309/01.ajg.0000951080.98372.db article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2023-10-01
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