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Episode 38: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Role of Surgery in Humanitarian Aid

In this episode, Dr. Sherry Wren focuses on humanitarian aid in low to middle resource countries. Dr. Wren is very involved in humanitarian surgery and global surgery. She works and manages educational partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa and is a faculty fellow of the Stanford Center for Innovation and Global Health. Dr. Wren became interested in humanitarian work in college and worked as a surgeon with Doctors Without Borders in Africa. Not only are infectious diseases of concern in low income countries, but so are non-communicable diseases. Death from non-communicable diseases have overtaken deaths from infectious diseases - 11% of the global burden of disease can be treated with surgery. Dr. Wren shares her experiences, lessons learned and projects impacting humanitarian care around the world.
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Episode 37: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Women in Medicine

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we continue to share stories of women in medicine. In this episode, we hear from Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS who works in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford and serves as the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the VA Palo Alto and Co-Director of the Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program. Additionally, Dr. Backhus has grant funding through the Veterans Affairs Administration and NIH. This episode will include Dr. Backhus’ journey into medicine and how she became only 1 of 10 black women who are full professors in the US. The discussion will include unconscious bias, diversity, minorities in medicine and the importance of creating a circle of advocates and mentors.
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Episode 36: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Women in Medicine

Our guest speaker for this episode about Women in Medicine is Odette Harris, MD, MPH, Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University and the Director of the Brain Injury Program for the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the Deputy Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. In this episode, Dr. Harris shares her story about how she emigrated from Jamaica with hopes and dreams and her mentors who fostered and supported those dreams, and who influenced her to become the person she is today. She talks about being the second black tenured neurosurgery professor at Stanford and the opportunities this position has afforded her. She speaks about the importance of balance, of doing things that nurture you and also surrounding yourself with those who are important to you, such as family and friends. Join us for an inspirational story in this episode!
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Episode 35: The Afterword - Operationalizing Racial Justice

This new mini-series, The Afterword, will reflect on live activities that have already taken place. The purpose of this series is to answer questions learners may have about topics previously discussed and expand on key concepts. This episode is the Afterword from the January 2022 webinar, Building a Culture of Health Equity Monthly Lecture Series: Operationalizing Racial Justice. Key concepts for this episode's discussion include operationalizing racial justice, the relationship between health equity and inclusion initiatives within the clinician workforce, health equity for patients, drivers of health equity, promoting health equity through social factors and a renewed focus on health equity beyond COVID.
For more details and information on this topic, please see our recorded January 2022 session of Building a Culture of Health Equity Monthly Lecture Series: Operationalizing Racial Justice and Health Equity Webinar Series (Microlearning Module): Operationalizing Racial Justice.
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Episode 34: Hot Topics Mini-Series: Youth Mental Health Matters

This episode will focus on how the pandemic has impacted the mental health of children, adolescents and young adults. Even before the pandemic began in 2020, there was a lack of mental health services for young people. Half of mental health conditions begin before the age of 14, and three quarters by the age of 24. Across the US, there is a lack of systems in place to identify youths at risk. This episode will address the lack of access, need for action as well as signs and symptoms of mental health issues in young people. The role of community partnerships, the Surgeon General’s call for action and tips to help clinicians, schools and parents support young people will also be discussed.
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Episode 33: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Medicine and the Muse

This episode addresses the importance of integrating arts and humanities into the practice of medicine. Clinicians will learn about medical humanities and how it can benefit both the clinician and their patients. The discussion includes the various types of art therapies, including music, painting, writing, communications along with the impact of medical humanities and how it enriches communities. Ideas will be discussed on how to engage in medical humanities and the role of medical humanities in medical education.
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Episode 32: Hot Topics Mini-Series: Screening for Prostate Cancer

This episode is part of the Stanford Medicine Prostate Cancer CME Series: Treatment Across the Prostate Cancer Continuum. The goal of the Prostate Cancer Series is to enhance the learners understanding of complex treatment options, the latest diagnostics, current guidelines for testing, types of tests available as well as discussions on other conditions that may cause an elevated PSA. Geared towards primary care clinicians, an in-depth discussion of the various types of prostate cancer and treatment options are provided in this episode.
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Episode 31: Pediatric Pulse Mini-Series: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

This episode focuses on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). The guest speakers, Dr. Christina Buysse and Dr. Barbara Bentley, are involved in the California ACEs Aware Initiative, which is focused on promoting positive responses to stress for children, families, and care providers. Adverse Childhood Experiences includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as physical and emotional neglect, and some challenges at home caused by a member of the household who may be experiencing mental illness, substance abuse, partner abuse, etc. In the US alone, 60% of adults have reported four or more ACEs. For children, one in three have experienced one ACE and up to 14% have experienced two ACEs. This episode discusses the risk factors for ACEs, negative outcomes associated with ACE’s, current research, universal health screening, trauma treatment and prevention strategies.
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Episode 30: COVID-19 Mini-series: The Uncertain Prognosis: Long COVID Stories

This episode provides insight on the impact of Long COVID from the patient’s perspective. Two patients share their stories of living with Long COVID and living with an uncertain diagnosis. Long COVID has been classified as a range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19; symptoms can even appear weeks after infection. Long COVID can happen to anyone who has had COVID-19, even if their illness was mild, or if they had no symptoms.
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Episode 29: COVID-19 Mini-series - Empowering Physicians to Combat Vaccine Misinformation

This episode focuses on empowering physicians to combat vaccine misinformation. The discussion is led by Jennifer John, a student at Stanford University. She interviews Dr. Atul Nakhasi, Physician & Policy Advisor, LA County Department of Health Services and co-founder of #Thisisourshot, the country’s leading vaccine trust movement by frontline healthcare workers and Renee DiResta, Research Manager, at the Stanford Internet Observatory. The conversation addresses how to build trust with patients to help them overcome the fear and misinformation that has permeated the media since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. The goal is to help patients understand the importance of the COVID-19 vaccines in saving lives and to assure them of vaccine safety and efficacy.
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