Healthcare Professionalism: Education, Research & Resources

Dr. Brooke Salzman discusses Antiracist Approaches to Clinical Care, which she wrote as part of the free Antiracism Module funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. She talks about how to recognize and focus on biases; admitting and addressing our own biases, which is a critical step in becoming antiracist; the importance of diversifying the healthcare workforce by including representation, which...

Dr. Beverly Crawford discusses her involvement in an Antiracism Module funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, focusing on advancing racial equity in health care and dentistry. She emphasizes the importance of interprofessional training for dental health providers to address systemic health concerns and improve overall well-being through collaboration. Beverley highlighted the need to address d...

Jan Altman discusses microaggressions as the entry point for learning about diversity and ourselves, definitions of microaggressions, examples to help increase awareness, the history and the consequences and impact of microaggressions such as poor patient care, who perpetrates microaggressions and the target, how to prevent microaggressions, what to do when it happens, and the eight short unscript...

Dr. Ellen Pearlman discusses the Antiracism Module and the section that she wrote titled Antiracism in Action.   She talks about skills development such as speaking up, calling in vs. calling out, and intent and impact with examples. Silence is equivalent to being complicit. Ellen is senior associate dean for education at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Previous...

Dr. Alice Fornari, who wrote the section of the Antiracism Module titled Diversity and Cultural Humility, discusses the section concepts including calling in vs. calling out, and an upstander. She is an Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Vice President of Faculty Development for Northwell Health comprised of 23 hospitals. Her role...

  Asif Khan discusses The Color of Care film and the health equity resources available through the documentary website. Asif is the Director of Strategy and Impact at Picture Motion, which is the leading social impact agency developing award-winning advocacy and marketing campaigns for media and entertainment, including television, books, podcasts, and films, such as The Color of Care documentary...

Dr. Rayane AbuSabha discusses the health equity resources available at the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics, known as ACEND. Rayane is the Executive Director of ACEND. She oversees the processes and policies related to the accreditation of education programs that prepare students to begin careers as a Registered dietitian nutritionist or a registered Nutrition and Die...

Ranya Shannon discusses the health equity resources available at the Physician Assistant Education Association, known as PAEA. Ranya is PAEA's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Program Manager. She is a passionate advocate for removing barriers for minoritized students and faculty and is dedicated to effectively implementing PAEA's strategic plan to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive enviro...

Dr. Dennis Novack discusses the free Antiracism Module, funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Dennis came up with the idea for the module and was a principal investigator on the three-year grant. He is a professor of medicine and Associate Dean of Medical Education at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dennis is the founder of Health Care Communication, formerly known as DocCom, an online...

Bruce Wartman. MS Ed, discusses the Center for Professionalism and Communication in Health Care resources at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Health Care Communication has 44 modules, and Professional Formation has 13 modules. There are 800 videos demonstrating best practices with annotated videos, reflection questions, multiple-choice tests, and curriculum guides. Four modules are free,...

Jeff Fritz, PhD, MS, MATL, MACE, and Kimara Ellefson, MBA, of the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine (KNN) explore the power of setting human flourishing as the aspirational aim of medicine and how character, caring and practical wisdom can help us chart the course with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Amal Khidir, MBBS, FAAP, talks about three multi-cultural interprofessionalism workshops: providers with patients, providers with each other, and feedback; examples of cultural differences in professionalism; the program evaluations; the use of videos; the process of dealing with professionalism ambiguities; and the drop in complaints as a result of the program with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Rachel Pittmann, PhD, discusses telehealth competencies, which vary by accreditation bodies, including privacy, audio quality, visibility of patient and provider, telehealth relationship with patient satisfaction, training for providers, telehealth competency tool, which includes the domains of technology, environment, confidentiality, and communication with Barbara Lewis, MBA, PhDc. Read more abo...

Amber King, PharmD, BCPS, FNAP; Brooke Salzman, MD; and Shoshana Sicks, EdD, discuss the rationale for using patients as teachers, the Health Mentors Program, the interprofesionalism of the program, the three modules in meeting with the patients (mentors), an example of an advocacy project, the benefits of the program, and training for the patients to be mentors with Barbara Lewis, MBA, PhDc.  

Patrick Herron, DBe, discusses the difference between influence and expertise, the evolution of influencers and their financial relationship with advertisers, the ethics of social media, its benefits, potential harms, and medical schools' policies with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Jeff Fritz, PhD, MS, MATL, MACE, and Kimara Ellefson, MBA, discuss the evolution of professionalism in medicine, the potential of flourishing to help shift the emphasis from a corrective to a developmental approach, and practical steps for getting started with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Ann Blair Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH discusses using patients in research projects, finding patients for reseachers, paying the patients, training the patients and the researchers, the challenges, and participating in the dissemination of the study results with Barbara Lewis, MBA

Cynthia Dougherty, PhD, MSW, FANP, discusses Ohio State University's Interprofessional Community Scholars program that pairs teams of students with older adults, the training the students undergo prior to the pairing, drivers of teamwork, how teams are compiled, and feedback from students and patients with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Mary Kollmer Horton, PhD, talks about how humanities can help cure burnout and cynicism, the evolution of humanities in medical education, bioethics history, how humanities provide an outlet, and what institutions can do to incorporate humanities in medication education with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Wil Farquharson IV, PhD, discusses how he developed a 40-hour psychiatry residency curriculum about marginalized populations, the residents' feedback, faculty training, the challenges, and how to deal with lack of access by going upstream with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Emil Chuck, PhD, talks about the history of the Situational Judgement Test, CASPER, AAMC preview exam, student feedback, and challenges with Barbara Lewis, MBA. Request the Executive Summary at https://mailchi.mp/hpsa/sjt-report-executive-summary 

Cheryl Dickson, MD, MPH, discusses how to start an antiracism curriculum, the AAMC resources to help with the creation of the curriculum, the charge to the committee, allyship training workshops, and evaluations with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Rita Guevara, MD, FAAP, talks about how language equity impacts patients and families, devices for interpretation, the use of families as interpreters, and using Limited English Proficiency (LEP) vs. Non-English Language Preference (NELP) with Barbara Lewis, MBA.

Halle Ellison, MD, MAS PSHQ, FACS, discusses the history of the hidden curriculum,  examples of the hidden curriculum, helping learners, sessions on the hidden curriculum, the use of the Professional Formation module on the hidden curriculum, and how the hidden curriculum impacts wellness with Barbara Lewis, MBA. 

Vijay Rajput, MD, talks about the difference between compassion and kindness, how to model compassion, kindness, and civility, and dealing with incivilty from patients with Barbara Lewis, MBA.