DEI Special Edition Spring / Summer 2024
along with the physician fellows to learn more about leadership, advocacy, structural competency and impact of power and privilege in under - resourced communities. Site fellows are also important in sharing with the physician fel- lows the history, the culture and the community they serve. This allows the physician fellows to better understand the impact of historical trauma on the health status of Native Americans and recognize the obstacles in accessing limited resources in their communities. Realizing a new perspective, the per- spective of Native patients and the perspective of Native healthcare workers, is the first step towards provision of compassionate and culturally competent health care and building of a trusting relationship between the patient, their healthcare team and their community.
Dr. Begay ’ s advice to incoming physicians is to know the historical context of where your patients come from. Caregivers of this continent ’ s Indigenous people need to understand why there is historical/generational trauma. They need to take into account that Native Americans now live on reservations that
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