Towards a Culture of Healing the Healers
“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.” […]
Category: Blogs
“I want to break free”: Integrating LGBTQ health competencies throughout the medical education continuum
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 […]
Can We Fix the Broken System? The Importance of Teaching a Standardized Physician Advocacy Curriculum at the Resident Level
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]