CVP's Drs. Vivek Ashok & Ashlee Murray have received pilot grants from @ClinFuturesCHOP & @PolicyLabCHOP to drive change in policy & practice. Read more about their projects, which focus on firearm violence & intimate partner violence, from @CHOP_Research: https://t.co/BWUzGWzQOo
A multimodal curriculum from @MichaelLukeMD @KevenCabreraMD@MontefioreNYC uses case-based, problem-based learning & a patient–caregiver panel to provide interactive & up-to-date education on LGBTQ+ health care to #medstudent & resident learners. https://t.co/YpblA9G3nR #MedEd
Had a blast teaching POCUS at Hospital Infantil Robert Reid Cabral in Santo Domingo! Loved giving back to the communities that raised my family. Can't wait to go back. @PEMatCHOP@LPalladino7#GlobalHealth
Amazing work by the Germantown and Mount Airy communities and so proud to be part of @PennUHL_ who generated the research to help support the initiative.
https://t.co/SYKkAV4pNu
This is too real. When I hear an ambulance now I'm brought back to dying patients, mobile morgues, being ripped from my peds training to treat an unknown disease, and living with the fear of spreading it to my loved ones. All in a deep isolation alleviated only by my colleagues.
Four years ago today, I walked into the apocalypse.
Crossing the line in the ER felt like entering a whole other world.
Frenetic alarms.
Patients strewn about, struggling to breathe.
Too few staff. Too many deaths.
Covid was everything.
It had completely taken over our ER
House Republicans want to punish medical schools with DEI programs
Dozens of Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, co-sponsored a bill last Tuesday that would withhold federal funds from medical schools with diversity programs.
https://t.co/asCsFOJUH0
Some news that you might miss given this busy Friday...
🚨🚨🚨The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed today, the office’s director said in a statement.
1/ 🚨📰💡 NEW in @AmJPrevMed w/@Eugenia_South, @KevenCabreraMD, @tylerwinkelman, @AditiVasan
We highlight how children exposed to #neighborhoodviolence have worse mental health, ⬆️ acute care utilization, and ⬆️ unmet physical & mental health care needs.
https://t.co/YL6hED0qcs
Yes, the SCOTUS decisions are infuriating. But the backlash only exists because we are succeeding in spite of the barriers. It will be harder, but I have faith we will continue to do so.