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J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Accounting for approximately 1 in 4 community-dwelling adults in the United States (US), people with disabilities (PWD) experience significant disparities in health care quality, access, and outcomes. At the same time, US physicians have reported feeling unprepared to care for PWD and have revealed significant negative bias about this population.
Objective: To understand how physicians are trained to care for PWD in US medical schools.
Cureus
November 2024
Medical Education Outcomes, American Medical Association, Chicago, USA.
In the first quarter of 2020, nearly all U.S. medical schools transitioned to virtual instruction and removed medical students from clinical settings because of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 2024
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Purpose: To report the summary characteristics of operational models associated with Student Led Free Vision Screening Programs (SLFVSP) and to identify opportunities for program optimization.
Methods: An 81-question mixed methods survey was distributed to SLFVSP leaders nationwide and Medical Student Educators within the American University Ophthalmology Professors (AUPO) Association. Survey responses were analyzed using Mann Whitney U and Fisher's Exact tests.
BMJ Lead
December 2024
Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Background: In the landscape of Indian healthcare, the role of leadership in addressing disparities and driving change is often overlooked, particularly within medical education. Through the lens of the author journeying from a volunteer to ultimately a leader of a student-led non-profit organisation, this article explores the reason, rhyme and possible resolutions to the quiet effect of lacking leadership in healthcare education.
Methods: Drawing from personal experience and reflections, the article highlights the profound impact of grassroots initiatives in reaching underserved populations and how inadequate leadership hindered their ability to scale effectively.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn
February 2025
Department of Rehabilitation & Movement Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ, United States of America.
Introduction: SMART objectives are a major component of health coaching and lifestyle medicine, however, there are limited studies describing their use in current health care curriculums. This study incorporated SMART objectives within an Interprofessional Education (IPE) event offered to students who were screening community-dwelling adults within their community for falls and osteoporosis risk. The purpose was to evaluate if students could confidently develop a SMART objective with their client that was relevant to the screening results.
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