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  • 1.  For Your Learning Friday: Film discussion guide on health disparities

    Posted 01-08-2021 10:33:00 AM
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    In my research for a recent article on how medical schools weave arts and humanities into their curricula, I interviewed @Maren Monsen, MD, who created the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Program in Bioethics and Film. In the program, students watch films and then engage in a facilitated discussion about the issues raised. For example, in Stanford’s cultural competence block, medical students and residents watch Worlds Apart, a series of films that follow four culturally diverse patients and families, all facing critical medical decisions, as they navigate the health care system.


    Dr. Monsen—who produced and directed Worlds Apart—has provided the members of this virtual community with the Facilitator’s Guide for use in educational discussion about the film, which is focused on health disparities. The guide is attached here to this post.  I hope you will find it useful as a resource with your students, residents, or staff.

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    Patrick Boyle
    Staff Writer
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 2.  RE: For Your Learning Friday: Film discussion guide on health disparities

    Posted 01-13-2021 11:43:00 AM
    Thanks for sharing this great resource, @Patrick Boyle! I find it particularly interesting given our team's recent work examining the role of cultural competency and racial concordance in health care, as well as their impact on patient trust, satisfaction, health outcomes, etc.

    Similarly, our team also released a community engagement toolkit last year, where we had the privilege of hearing directly from newly arrived immigrants as well as community leaders about the impact of immigration status on health. They also provided recommendations for medical students about how to better provide care for immigrant populations.

    I'm hopeful that we can figure out how to improve evaluation efforts that not only measure the impact of these kinds of programs/resources on physician practice, but also on health disparities.

    @Karey Sutton and @Wei-Chen Lee, would love to hear your thoughts on this given your expertise/interests!

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    Funmi Makinde
    Health Equity Research Analyst
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 3.  RE: For Your Learning Friday: Film discussion guide on health disparities

    Posted 01-13-2021 12:54:00 PM
    @Funmi Makinde I agree with you that the film from @Maren Monsen is mind-blowing. Thank @Patrick Boyle.

    My colleague has hosted a Social Medicine seminar before and I was honored to talk about Chinese Medicine to 2nd-year medical students. ​​​​The idea is to use Chinese Medicine as an example of why Chinese people choose to believe in their traditional medicine over Western Medicine and how Western doctors respond to their patients' cultural needs. I also took students to an acupuncture clinic and had a dialogue with the acupuncturist about what social determinants mean in the system of Chinese Medicine. Finally, I paired every two students as doctor-patient to practice querying social determinants. 

    It is just one class and I doubt that students become very confident in applying those skills to their clinical practice in the future. It will be great that more faculty are providing this kind of lecture across medical training.

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    Wei-Chen Lee
    Health Disparities Analyst
    University of Texas Medical Branch
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  • 4.  RE: For Your Learning Friday: Film discussion guide on health disparities

    Posted 01-27-2021 12:59:00 PM
    Thanks Patrick!  For more details on Dr Monsen's work integrating film (and more) into your teaching practices, see this new publication and its supporting guidebook: 
    AAMC Resources Explore How Medical Schools Weave Arts and Humanities into Education: A new report published as part of the AAMC FRAHME (Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education) initiative explores the importance of advancing arts and humanities integration into medical education to improve the education, practice, and well-being of physicians and learners across the continuum. The report reviews the historic and current state of arts and humanities in medical education, provides recommendations for integration, and more. Additionally, the AAMC has produced a digital Getting Started Guide designed for educators who are new to incorporating arts and humanities into their programs, courses, or curricula and seek to integrate practical activities as they teach the core competencies of medicine.

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    Lisa Howley, PhD
    Sr. Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships in Medical Education
    Pronouns: She/Her
    Association of American Medical Colleges
    lhowley@aamc.org
    @LisaDHowley
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