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Want crystal clear priorities for medical education innovation and scholarship? Read this paper done by A Medical Education Transformation Collaboratory #MedEd

The Washington Post has featured a Letter to the Editor by Dean Carmen Renee Green, MD, as the headline response to an essay that narrated the legacy of racism in American medicine. The letter appears below. Opinion | Discrimination embedded in medicine’s early framework endures today Uché Blackstock’s Jan. 28 Opinion essay, “How thousands of Black U.S. doctors simply vanished,” valuably synthesized how modern medicine was founded on racist thinking, policies and practices. The discrimination embedded in medicine’s early framework — escalated after the 1910 Flexner Report — endures today in the disproportionate burden of disease and early death in our Black and Brown neighborhoods and diminished access to medical school. Most U.S. medical schools rely heavily on MCAT scores and grade point averages in their regular admissions processes. The City University of New York School of Medicine has never used the MCAT and never will. Instead, we have a holistic applicant review process through which we get to know whole candidates, including lived experiences, challenges they’ve overcome and what they uniquely bring to our school, and we don’t discredit those who worked to help support their siblings or took on extra responsibilities as translators and navigators for parents who don’t speak English. We look at transcripts but understand that myriad factors can thwart even the brightest student’s path. Our process is designed to illuminate promise, innate talent and a deep commitment to community. With this approach to inclusive excellence, we’ve trained generations of diverse physicians who are underrepresented in medicine — 40 percent of our current medical students are Black, and 22 percent are Latinx — most of whom come from and go on to work in underserved communities that need compassionate, person-centered and excellent health care the most, with a focus on addressing the social determinants of health. https://lnkd.in/errVxdr4 Uché Blackstock, MD The City University of New York NYC Health + Hospitals #diversityinmedicine #blackhistorymonth #AdvancingHealthEquity

#Empathy, #sympathy and #compassion are defined and conceptualised in many different ways in the literature and the terms are used interchangeably in research reports and in everyday speech. This conceptual and semantic confusion has practical implications for clinical practice, research and medical education. Empathy, sympathy and compassion also share elements with other forms of pro-social behaviour such as generosity, kindness and patient-centredness. There is a need for conceptual clarity if doctors are to respond to the calls to provide more ‘compassionate care’. This paper argues that there is currently a problem in the balance between scientific–technical and psychosocial elements of patient care. A broad model of empathy is suggested which could replace the vaguer concepts of sympathy and compassion and so enable improvements in patient care, psycho-social research and medical education … https://lnkd.in/gb3Myp_d

🏆 The absence of physical classrooms and in-person clinical rotations due to shutdowns has deprived aspiring medical students of valuable interactions with patients, hindering their ability to hone crucial diagnostic and interpersonal skills. 🏆 The shift to online education has strained the sense of community and collaboration that is pivotal in medical training. 📌 Check out the editorial commentary named “A Decline in Educational Achievement: The Impact of Virtual Learning on the Pediatric Rotation for Medical School Students” in our latest issue! 📍 You can find the link to our latest issue in our bio! #science #scientific #medicalstudent #medicine #education #journal

The new issue of Journal of Graduate Medical Education will be out soon! In the meantime, take a look at the current issue's #ACGME News and Views articles which include: The Role of ACGME International in Enhancing Opportunities of Residents for Advanced Subspecialty Training: https://lnkd.in/dXZ4Jrbc and Support for Mental Health and Well-Being in the Transition to Residency: https://lnkd.in/dwA8_qrY

Interested in Health Systems Science Education? 📚 Read Dr. Nehal Khamis, MD, PhD, MHPE, MAMSE(Affil.)’s review of the must-read book "Health Systems Science Education Development and Implementation." Scroll down to the insightful “Editorial Review” section here: https://lnkd.in/etdkX6Bq This book is part of the American Medical Association’s Change MedEd initiatives, authored and edited by members of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. Don't miss this valuable resource! Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA #HealthSystemsScience #MedicalEducation #AMAChangeMedEd.

The future for medical school graduates is changing. The rise of team care and corporate ownership, increasing social polarization, shifting public trust in healthcare, and more are transforming the landscape. Nova Scholars Rebecca Etz and Kurt Stange wanted to better understand what this means to medical students as they think about their futures. Through interviews, authors found students were thinking about many important factors, including systemic issues and persistent inequity in healthcare; urgent social, environmental, and policy issues such as climate change and health policy; the influence of student debt on career decisions; and avenues in advocacy to create a better health care system for patients and providers. Read the article and many insightful quotes from the students: https://ow.ly/E2Mm50SNsfz #MedicalStudent #Medicine #MedicalSchool #Physician #HealthCare #FutureDoctor

To understand the dynamics of physician supply, it's important to understand where, how and how many medical students are educated and trained in South Carolina. Our new three-brief series describes undergraduate and graduate medical education in South Carolina, including the four medical schools in the state and their characteristics, residency match trends for in-state medical graduates, and long-term trends in residency positions: https://lnkd.in/e_-eEzTf

On this World Health Day, Our article in ‘The News’ on the importance of Family Medicine as a career choice for medical students. The medical education system, consisting of health departments, degree awarding institutions, universities, medical colleges, regulatory bodies, medical educationists and various organisations, needs to work in partnership with family physicians and its academia. Active engagement of all stakeholders is crucial to achieve the desired target of a robust primary care system. https://lnkd.in/etg9Zb5V

NBE President Dr. Abhijeet Sheth emphasized the significance of medical research in the field of postgraduate medical education at the Medical Research Summit and Blackbuck Awards organized by Medical Dialogues on July 28th, 2024. He highlighted that two skills, clinical research, and communication, are emerging as crucial aspects of postgraduate medical education. #MedicalResearchSummit #BlackbuckAwards #MedicalInnovation #HealthcareLeadership #MedicalDialogues #ResearchExcellence #FutureOfHealthcare #MedicalResearch