Dr. Michelle K. Watson

The Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience

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Namaste, and welcome to The Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience. Health scare? Never fear, Dr. Michelle is here! I am your host, and nonconformist, vivacious, and visionary producer, the "Healthcare Honey", as I am referred to throughout the world- Dr. Michelle K. Watson. Over twenty years ago, I found myself facing a conundrum in my dealings within the medical community as a medical student, surgical house officer, translational medical scientist, and later surgeon. Health inequities were observed at numerous levels, with oftentimes blatantly horrible aberrations being committed against...

Author

Dr. Michelle K. Watson

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.elementarymydearmd.com

Latest episode

Oct 1, 2025

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Episodes

HIM PE 09 30 2025 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 43: International Podcast Day: This is ALL YOUR FAULT- We did IT! 01.10.2025

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! This episode proudly showcases the multilingual Artist’s Statement for the Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience showcased when the show established a world record by becoming the very first podcast in history to have an episode transforme...

HIM PE 05 12 2025 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 42 This Is My Jam! Humanity on the Mic: The Humanities in Medicine Podcast Anthem #1 12.05.2025

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!   This episode proudly showcases the upbeat, undulating rhythms of the uplifting, moving, and shaking Afrobeat version of the new Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience anthem created to welcome and inspire listening, loyal, and ear hustlin...

HIM PE 10 14 24 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 41: Indigenous People’s Day: When No One Checkx for Latinx 30.10.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, This episode provides a Putumayo style recognition of Indigenous People’s Day and celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in an anecdote illustrative of the complexities of working as a physician in allyship with and in advocacy for Latinx patient communities, who also comprise certain indigenous populations. May the F...

HIM PE 06 19 24 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 39: JFK RFK Moonteenth Dream Deferred BIPOC Anti Microaggression Mindfulness MBSR Meditation Survey Says: Dwight’s Alright! 04.08.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! This episode provides a moment of mindfulness meditation and a healing auditory container of sanctuary in support of BIPOC, allied, and other marginalized populations withstanding socioeconomic macro and microaggressions. The episode focuses o...

HIM PE 04 20 24 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 38: Fried, Denied, & Countrified: Them Thar Jolenes Sure Be Mean! 21.05.2024

HIM PE 04 20 24 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 38: Fried, Denied, & Countrified: Them Thar Jolenes Sure Be Mean! Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! This episode delineates the DEI steps required to triumph over the occupational and industrial hazards of hostile, exclusionary circumstances...

HIM PE 04 11 24 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 37 STEM Questions: A Total Eclipse of the Eyes? 14.04.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! This episode delineates and provides further clarification of the suggestions and recommendations from NASA, air and space authorities, healthcare organizations, vision preservation experts, and physician sage advice about vision protection me...

HIM PE 03 31 2024 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 36: State of Feminine Affairs 01.04.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  Women face unique logistical and financial barriers to health care access. The ladies also have higher health care expenditures and higher rates of morbidity. Women's experiences while utilizing health care are historically less well research...

HIM PE 02 24 2024 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 45: Microaggression MBSR Mindfulness Meditation: Thee Post Valentine’s Day Apocalyptic Loving Kindness Meditation 25.02.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up !  Just in time- Share in a moment of Humanities in Medicine self-love, compassion filled loving kindness after Valentine’s Day. Partake in an escapade of reprieve from microaggression mindfulness; perfect for MBSR. On a day in which adoration is...

HIM PE 09 14 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 35: Ethnobotany & Medicinal Sovereignty: Dame Mas Insulina Community Insulin Access Resources 25.01.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! In homage to the reggaeton musical hit “Dame Mas Gasolina”, this episode offers an intimate botanical and biochemical review of the phenomenal medicinal plant Costus igneus Nak, popularly utilized internationally in the treatment and management...

HIM PE Episode 11: Lady Sings the Blues About Ruby’s Shoes Trailer 18.01.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with the trailer for the upcoming Episode 11 of the Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience: Lady Sings the Blues About Ruby’s Shoes. For the purpose of satisfying NSF, or National Science Foundation, STEM educational requirements under EHR Racial Equity, ITEST, AISL, MCA, NIH, CDC, and DOE CR-S, or...

HIM PE 01 14 2023: DEI Weekly Wrap Up 44: The Problem We All Live With 15.01.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Michelle here with this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  For the purpose of satisfying NSF, or National Science Foundation, STEM educational requirements under EHR Racial Equity, ITEST, AISL, MCA, NIH, CDC, and DOE CR-S, or Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education. In this episode, I provide a...

HIM PE Episode 10 Ethnobotany & Medicinal Sovereignty: Dame Mas Insulina 11.01.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with Episode 10: Dame Mas Insulina! In homage to the reggaeton musical hit “Dame Mas Gasolina”, this episode offers an intimate botanical and biochemical review of the phenomenal medicinal plant Costus igneus Nak, popularly utilized internationally in the treatment and management of diabetes mellitus....

HIM PE Episode 10: Ethnobotany & Medicinal Sovereignty: Dame Mas Insulina Trailer 07.01.2024

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with the trailer for the upcoming Episode 10 of the  Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience: Dame Mas Insulina.   For the purpose of satisfying NSF, or National Science Foundation, STEM educational requirements under EHR Racial Equity, ITEST, AISL, MCA, NIH, CDC, and DOE CR-S, or Culturally Responsi...

HIM PE 09 06 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 34: Caput Medusae: A Simple Mention of Portal Hypertension 24.12.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up! For the purpose of satisfying NSF, or National Science Foundation, STEM educational requirements under EHR Racial Equity, ITEST, AISL, MCA, NIH, CDC, and DOE CR-S, or Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education. In this episode, I would like t...

HIM PE Episode 9 Alliteration in Mental Health: Cassandra’s Caput Medusa! 19.12.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with Episode 9 of the Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience. Cassandra’s Caput, Medusa references the NYS Adult Survivor’s Act exposure of the rampant abuse of authority and victim subjugation pervasive in many industries. Currently, the most famous case involves the music and entertainment sector,...

HIM PE Episode 9: Alliteration in Mental Health: Cassandra’s Caput Medusa! Trailer 15.12.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with the upcoming Humanities in Medicine Episode 9 trailer!   Cassandra’s Caput, Medusa.   The  Humanities in Medicine Podcast Experience: A podcast illustrative of the significance and virtues of various findings in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) arena, occasional healthcare and popular cu...

HIM PE 08 23 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 33: Bad Hair Day or Renaissance X-ray? 18.11.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!   A University medical student and radiologist want to educate the medical community on these hairstyles to improve care given to Black patients. Angela Udongwo, third-year medical student, and radiologist Hillel Maresky are on a mission to im...

HIM PE Episode 8 Full: The Marginalized Melancholic Mermaid- NOT A Part of Your World 06.11.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity and, inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!   A Black employee at Kaiser Permanente Tacoma Medical Center in Washington received $140,000 after an investigation found complaints of racial harassment went unheeded by the human resources department. According to the investigation by the U....

HIM PE 08 02 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 30: Microaggression MBSR Mindfulness Meditation: The Marginalized Melancholic Mermaid- NOT A Part of Your World 30.10.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity, equity, and inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  It is just another mindfulness Monday; perfect for MBSR. The newest addition to our Alliteration in Mental Health Series: The bodacious BIPOC beleaguerment body scan (mindfulness-based stress reduction).  The  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly...

HIM PE Episode 8 The Marginalized Melancholic Mermaid- NOT A Part of Your World TRAILER 29.10.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI, diversity, equity and, inclusion family, Dr. Watson here with the new trailer for the Humanities in Medicine Episode 8!  The  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up: A weekly tidbit illustrative of the significance and virtues of various findings in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) arena, occasional healthcare and popular culture literature exce...

08 16 2023 HIM PE 08 16 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 32: The First Line of Code- Hello World! 05.10.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!   The  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up: A weekly tidbit illustrative of the significance and virtues of various findings in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) arena, occasional healthcare and popular culture literature excerpts,...

HIM PE 07 14 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 27 French Jardin Ethnobotanique Mystique 21.09.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  The  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up: A weekly tidbit illustrative of the significance and virtues of various findings in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) arena, occasional healthcare and popular culture literature excerpts, a...

HIM PE 07 19 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 28: STD/STI Check Always Correct! 06.09.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  The Humanities in Medicine family has unearthed for you another telemedicine service that eliminates the embarrassment and hassle of conventional STD testing. When you test with STDcheck.com, you can use any one of over  4,500 test centers  that...

HIM PE 08 09 2023 DEI Kids Weekly Wrap Up 31: The Magical Healing Gift 31.08.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  The  Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up: A weekly tidbit illustrative of the significance and virtues of various findings in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) arena, occasional healthcare and popular culture literature excerpts, a...

HIM PE 07 26 2023 DEI Weekly Wrap Up 29: Medical Axon Got It Going On? 24.08.2023

Namaste, My Humanities in Medicine DEI Diversity Equity and Inclusion family, Dr. Watson here for this week’s Humanities in Medicine DEI Weekly Wrap Up!  A third-year resident physician in the discipline of Psychiatry, who has a specified focus on the effects of anti-Black racism on mental health is asserting that doctors should be forced to wear body cameras to aid in the detection and videograph...

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