Childhood Poverty: It’s in Your Bank and in Your Brain
What if I told you I could look at your brain and tell whether or not you were poor growing up? Would you believe me? […]
Category: Blogs
Reflecting on the value of community-medical collaborations
As a primary care residency program director, I’ve had the privilege of being able to reflect on all aspects of our curriculum and how they […]
Moving from Theory to Action: An Anti-Racism Activity for Faculty in Academic Medicine
In recent years, the national spotlight has focused on the impact of racism in the United States with many faculty in academic medicine asking themselves […]
Student-Run Book Club: One Step Towards a Culture of Anti-Racism
Academic medical centers are hard at work to build an ever more inclusive and equitable learning environment. In this blog we share one example of […]
Promoting Antiracism in Case-Based Learning
At SUNY Upstate Medical University, all first-year medical students take a case-based longitudinal course in health systems called Patients to Populations (P2P). First originated in […]
Correcting the Art of the Chart: Addressing Bias in our Notes
We in healthcare education invest a great deal of time in teaching our learners how to communicate with patients. Use PEARLS to convey empathy. Lean […]
The inequity in worldwide COVID vaccine distribution: What it tells us about the role of capitalism in healthcare
“It’s all about the money, it’s always about the money,” says my nephew as we are talking about any number of different topics comparing the […]
Implicit Racial Biases and Health Disparities
Health disparities exist and persist because of a complex interplay between structural factors and individual patient care decisions made by clinicians. However, it is often […]
This is your Brain in Poverty
One of the most striking impacts of poverty is the way it changes the brain. While some curricula incorporate simulated scenarios that revolve around SDoH […]
META: An Innovative Course on Mindfully Evolving, Thriving, and Advocating for Beginning First-Year Medical Students
The fundamental task of medical education is to transform a novice learner into an empathetic, competent and effective physician. In recent years, the idea of […]