Relatable Healthcare: A Conversation with Dr. Jocelyn Freeman Garrick

“I don’t think early in my career I knew what [the phrase “social responsibility”] meant, I just knew that I related to a lot of my patients and I understood what their lived experience was and the barriers that they had, and that my formal medical training was not addressing their disease in a holistic way.”

— Dr. Jocelyn Freeman Garrick

SUMMARY

In this BlackFemaleProject Podcast episode, we hear from San Francisco Bayview native and emergency medicine physician Dr. Jocelyn Freeman Garrick, MD, MS, on her role as a health professional; the importance of patient-provider relatability in healthcare, and preventive measures to improve community health. Dr. Freeman Garrick, currently the Executive Director of the Alameda County Health Pathway Partnership, studied at UC Berkeley before receiving her MD from UC Berkeley and Masters of Science in epidemiology and biostatistics from Cornell University.

The third season of BlackFemaleProject's podcast takes a deep and broad dive into the Health Services sector. Episodes 1 through 3 offer insights from three Black women with careers in the medical realm, followed by three episodes that feature Black women who center social responsibility in their paths. Our final trio of season 3 lifts up the wisdom and journeys of Black women who operate with a holistic perspective. We hope you enjoy the distinctions and commonalities across these dynamic and accomplished women's experiences.

RESOURCES

Mentoring in Medicine & Science
www.mimscience.org

We Buy Black
www.webuyblack.com

Alameda County Health Pathway Partnership
http://www.achpp.org/