Fostering Inclusive Healthcare Practices: A Dialogue with Dr. Bryant

Fostering Inclusive Healthcare Practices: A Dialogue with Dr. Phillip R. Bryant

Healthcare providers, students, and disability advocates play a critical role in shaping access and equity for people with disabilities. This webinar will explore the essential knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to ensure that healthcare services are inclusive, respectful, and effective. Together, we will reflect on barriers and bright spots in the healthcare system, and consider what can be implemented in Southwestern Pennsylvania to better meet the needs of people with disabilities.

This webinar is the fourth installment in FISA's short webinar series, Breaking Barriers: Dialogues on Healthcare Access for People with Disabilities. This series takes a "lunch and learn" approach, featuring conversations with disability experts sharing strategies and practices implemented to improve healthcare access and quality of care for people with disabilities. This webinar series is part of FISA Foundation's larger initiative, Access to Healthcare for People with Disabilities, which includes a report, fact sheets, and video testimonies highlighting the healthcare needs and experiences of people with disabilities.

Guest Expert: Dr. Phillip R. Bryant, DO, FAAPMR

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Edith L. Trees Professor of Disabilities Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Dr. Bryant is a nationally recognized advocate in disability healthcare and inclusion. With a career spanning clinical practice, education, and advocacy, Dr. Bryant has dedicated his work to advancing equity for people with disabilities across healthcare systems. He has trained healthcare providers, students, and institutions on disability competency, cultural humility, and best practices to eliminate barriers to care. Dr. Bryant brings both professional expertise and lived experience to his work, ensuring that the voices of people with disabilities remain at the center of healthcare transformation.

Host: Dr. Josie Badger DHCE, CRC

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Dr. Josie Badger received her Bachelor’s degree from Geneva College in Disability Law and Advocacy, a Master’s from the University of Pittsburgh in Rehabilitation Counseling, and a Doctorate from Duquesne University in Healthcare Ethics. In 2012, Dr. Badger was crowned Ms. Wheelchair America. In 2014, Josie founded J Badger Consulting Inc. where she provides youth development and disability consulting services. She is the National Transition Director for SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, working with RAISE and the National Healthcare Transition Center for Youth with ID/DD. She is the lead Field Organizer for the Family Care Act that supports paid family leave, and is the developer of TRAIL, a statewide advocacy and lobbying training program. She serves on the ACHIEVA board. Josie recently founded PEACOCK, a nonprofit that will further support the needs of the disability community and diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. With this new initiative, she hopes to be able to support the work of a new commission on men’s mental health.