Forging New Frontiers 2022

Presenter Profile

Felicia Scott-Wellington, MD

Felicia Scott-Wellington, MD

Adolescent Medicine Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Co-Director of Pediatric Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Felicia Scott- Wellington is a board certified Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Physician and the co-Director of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Pediatrics. She has won several awards including University of Illinois Department of Pediatrics Faculty Teaching Award, UICs Top Box Doctor Recipient, and UIC Chancellors Committee "Black History Maker" Award in 2021. She is a member of the IFCK Medical District Chapter and continues to work with the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics—speaking on ways to Address Health Disparities in Adolescent Care.

Presentations

Stop Asian Hate: Unspoken Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Part of session:
Workshop Session #2A
Saturday, December 3, 2022, 2:50 PM to 4:05 PM
Description:
Struggling to find a new normal in this pandemic world, many AAPI youth and families have found themselves caught in the crossfire of racially motivated hate crimes. AAPI Hate crimes have continued to rise throughout the pandemic, with approx. 10% of cases being reported by youth under age 18. Although it has been demonstrated that racism is a core social determine of health, many providers find themselves unequipped to deal with these issues during a routine well adolescent visit. This session is designed to highlight the importance of staying socially aware to inequities that plaque our adolescents and young adults. Healthcare members are uniquely positioned to pivot conversations to address these concerns of race, gender, and social injustice in order to achieve health equity for our youth and their families.

A case presentation will open the workshop, and hopefully stimulate conversation, allowing the audience to reflect on their own practices and experiences since the beginning of the pandemic. After the case is discussed, it will serve as a segue into the didactic session. The didactic session will first review the Stop AAPI Hate movement and work to correlate it with the patients that have presented to either virtual or in person clinics during this pandemic period. I will share results from a chart review done in our clinic post pandemic demonstrating the difficulty of this topic while patients are being seen for healthcare visits. I will briefly review trauma informed care as it relates to hate crimes and victimized youth. Lastly, I will discuss ways to help the youth and families seen in clinic. This last portion of the session will not only give inspiration and information but also allow attendees to reflect on their own interactions over this last year.

Objectives:
1.Provide an overview of the Stop Asian Hate Movement and correlate it with other social injustice initiatives that affect our youth. 2.Define Trauma Informed Care in a post pandemic world and examine how AAPI patients and families are affected. 3.Explore ways to decrease disparities seen in AAPI children and youth who are victim to hate crimes.