Debra Spunt Keynote Lecture

Debra L. Spunt Memorial Lecture
Preparing the Next Generation of Health Equity Advocates
Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP, CHSE
Dr. Bryant inspired the audience to have the difficult and uncomfortable discussions about the challenges that marginalized populations face navigating the health care system and empower learners to advocate for their patients and provide them with strategies to mitigate bias.
Answering the call to nurse educators issued by the National Academy of Medicine’s report, The Future of Medicine 2020-2030, “to lead efforts to promote health equity and serve as change agents in creating systems that bridge the delivery of health care and social needs care in the community,” Dr. Bryant presented a holistic and humanistic perspective on how to achieve and sustain health equity. Simulation, she suggests, is one effective modality for individual understanding and deconstructing inherent biases while working to overcome these in moving toward equitable access to health care.