Humanism matters — for our patients and our communities. It is important that we engage with our communities to prioritize kindness, trust, and safety. Humanism is so essential that it needs to be intentionally taught in the medical school curriculum.
In this session, educators will gain tools to leverage medical student commitment and create evidence-based, community-engaged curriculum that strengthens students’ ability to establish trusting relationships with their patients and the community and be better equipped to incorporate patient context and social identity in healthcare delivery. Through such curriculum, students will gain competence in the structural factors that impact the health of patients and communities.
This workshop is hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a program of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a national nonprofit that champions humanism in healthcare.
During this session we will:
- Hear from faculty and community leaders from two unique medical schools about their goals, obstacles and best practices for implementing service learning into their curriculum.
- Workshop around essential components of curricular community engaged learning, and the potential barriers to implementing programs that are both student-centric and community-centric.
- Demonstrate how connecting the community voice + curricular voice can lead to trusting community relationships
Kathleen Reeves, MD – President and CEO, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Radhika Jain, MD – Co-Director of Health Equity and Justice, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, MSW – Co-Director of Health Equity and Justice, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
Ciearra “CJ” Walker, MPH – President and CEO, St. Louis Community Health Worker Coalition
Kimberly Birdsall, MPH – Executive Director, Health Coalition of Passaic County
Miriam Hoffman, MD – Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Carmela Rocchetti, MD – Assistant Dean of Community Engaged Medical Education, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine