Faculty Development at the CUNY School of Medicine

Why do so many Americans distrust science?

admin — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:50:24 +0000

Medical science is creating miracles and losing trust. It’s emerging from the darkest days of the pandemic with both lifesaving discoveries and a crisis in credibility.

Although confusion and hostility are defining features of the past two years of COVID-19, the crisis of trust in our society didn’t start with COVID-19 and won’t end with COVID-19. It’s not about a disease, it’s not about Twitter, it’s not about facts alone.

“It’s not just a COVID thing,” warns Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, interim chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Words matter — especially when talking about racial and health justice in medicine

admin — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:49:54 +0000

The AAMC Center for Health Justice has partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA) to release a guide to language, narrative, and concepts in health equity in medicine. It’s long overdue.

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The Scarlett Letter R

admin — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:49:16 +0000

Lara presents a study which looks to describe residents’ perspectives on peers who are struggling as well as their thoughts on the remediation processes within graduate medical education programs. Read more… Listen to the podcast below.