Conference season is in full swing, and I am not minding these virual formats! This week, the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a free online health communication, marketing, and media forum, “From 2020 hindsight to 20/20 foresight.” Plenty of wordplay and optimism in that […]
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“The things that bring us the most joy:” Stressed Pharmacy students turn to art
This gorgeous photgraph is the cover of the First Volume of the College of Pharmacy Review, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth Campus. (The Second Volume was just published.) A few months back, just as COVID was first hitting the US, I had the pleasure of sitting down for a Skype interview with Julia […]
Julia Rumley and Karen Bastianelli on Pharmacy students addressing stress through art
It’s a stressful time. Ready to hear some good news? Hear a Pharmacy student and Professor tell the story of a student-led effort to address stress – and how this reflected larger efforts to reduce competition, and encourage community, at University of Minnesota Duluth Campus’ College of Pharmacy. First Volume of the College of Pharmacy […]
Ways & Means seeks input re: ‘the misuse of race within clinical care’
Last week, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal followed up a series of letters to medical leaders with an open Request for Information about “the misuse of race within clinical care.” We told you about the series of letters in this post. Apparently, Chairman Neal received so many responses from health professionals that he hadn’t originally […]
Why is House Ways and Means Chairman Neal writing to medical leaders?
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal recently wrote a series of letters to the leaders of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Nephrology, and the American Thoracic Society. […]
Addressing implicit bias in our language: Updated resources
US House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal recently wrote a series of letters to the leaders of seven medical professional societies. There’s three reasons why this is important, and one thing you can do right now to help address implicit bias in your own language. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT You may have heard that recently, US House […]