Posted on July 26th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Despite mounting attention in recent years, health threats posed by antimicrobial resistance are not new. Antimicrobial resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since the first modern antimicrobials were discovered.
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Importance Health care algorithms are used for diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, risk stratification, and allocation of resources. Bias in the development and use of algorithms can lead to worse outcomes for racial and ethnic minoritized groups and other historically marginalized populations such…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Importance Posthumous whole-eye (globe) donations for research lack a mechanism that reinvolves the existing ophthalmic research team of the donor unless there is a preplanned donor directive. Disconnection between the deceased and their research team equates to lost opportunities for the…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This module is an overview of the third focus area of the equity-informed high-reliability learning series focused on advancing equity through five quality and safety focus areas. The main goals are to center historically marginalized voices by leveraging segmented harm…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This week’s episode of Prioritizing Equity will discuss how the recent affirmative action ruling undermines policy dedicated to increasing physician diversity, which is vital to the healthcare ecosystem and will have negative implications towards increasing medical career opportunities for marginalized…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series explores the Anchor Strategy a place-based approach to building community health and wealth by means of local hiring, investing, purchasing, and community engagement via the West Side United case study and model.
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series explores the unique health care and social needs of patients experiencing houselessness. In addition, experts discuss the importance of equitable, holistic, cost effective, evidence-based discharge planning, and inform physicians of their critical…
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
In this week’s edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, medical student organizers and policy advocates will join us to discuss increasing access to care in native communities through health policy and improving care within the Indian Health Services.