Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a procedure by which all or part of the external female genitalia are removed or marred for non-medical purposes.1 FGM/C […]
Five years ago, a medical school dean made a casual request for a “one-page handout” to address persistent biases in the MD program curriculum related […]
“The trouble with not having a safe space within medicine is that for those outside of medicine, our stories are almost too much to bear.” […]
Although evolving, medical schools have traditionally been slow to embrace social change in the curriculum.1 Take, as an extreme example, a 2019 Wall Street Journal […]
When I work with early third year medical students in the residency clinic, I notice that they focus on taking thorough clinical histories to better […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]