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Episode 341: WDx #30: Introspective Spaces

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Anu Gorukanti, MD is a public health advocate and pediatric hospitalist at a county hospital in Los Angeles, CA who is passionate about health equity and racial justice. In her perspective, social change should always honor and incorporate both the individual and systems-based approach.

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Episode 282: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto, and Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the current President of the Canadian Medical Association. The dehumanization of individuals of color at the margins of society by the healthcare system is not simply a thing of the past, and is certainly a persistent phenomenon.

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From Urgent Care Physician to PGY1 Plastic Surgeon!!!!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I got very lucky with finding a safe, affordable place that is super close to the hospitals I will be rotating at. Nothing too exciting to note, but it was nice meeting all the new interns in the hospital and everyone in my program. Officially a Floridian! Orientation week started June 14th and was a two-week affair.

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Episode 293 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Pooja Lagisetty received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. Opioid Epidemic and Stigma : Providers generally have a fear or discomfort using opioid agents as treatment for individuals with substance use disorders.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. We might group people across socio-demographic categories (ex.

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Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives.

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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

GeriPal

And of course, take a deep dive by downloading the J AGS paper on the updated Beers Criteria or any of the great links from AGS including the: 2023 AGS Beers Criteria App Beers pocket card Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Eric: Or another good example is like for individuals with dementia. There are some different.

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