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Leave Fat Kids Alone The “war on childhood obesity” has only caused shame.
The Fix (40min) Radiolab podcast: This episode we take a sober look at the throbbing, aching, craving desire states that return people (again and again) to the object of their addiction … and the pills that just might set them free.
A Doctor’s Love Affair with Vicodin (25min) “Medicine is a land of opportunity for a drug addict.” Take Dr. Peter Grinspoon’s word for it. The Harvard-trained physician spent years abusing painkillers, infatuated with the feeling of euphoria that he got from the drugs. This is the story of his addiction and recovery.
Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Medicine Listen as our esteemed guest Dr. Utibe Essien MD, MPH @UREssien walks us through key terminology and evidence necessary to understand anti-Black racism in medicine. Dr. Essien provides insights into ways that racism impacts our work in the clinical and academic settings and offers approaches for addressing anti-Black racism in these settings.
A Silent curriculum A medical student reflects on the issues of race as she is learning them in medical school – WORTH THE ACCESS! Get article in full text through the LRC.
America’s Caste System / Caste issues in Silicon valley (17min) In this Planet Money episode, a short version of a longer podcast airing, we learn about the issue of caste discrimination happening here in the US – discrimination that has bridged an ocean to show up in Silicon Valley. This is a different way to view racial bias/racism – and it is connected to the larger conversation in the US (if interested, see here: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/04/898574852/its-more-than-racism-isabel-wilkerson-explains-america-s-caste-system).I need you to forgive yourself Joining the podcast to discuss shame in medicine and medical education and their research and other work in this area are Will Bynum (Twitter: WillBynumMD), Lara Varpio (Twitter: LaraVarpio), and Ashley Adams (Twitter: AshleyAdamsMD).
Topics: MistakesShame in Medicine – the well being connector (30min) Will Bynum is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and the Family Medicine Residency Program Director at Duke University. His primary academic interest centers on the role of self-conscious emotions (shame, guilt, and pride) in the medical learning experience. He and his team have published articles from their qualitative work with residents and medical students. He is conducting this program of research through a PhD in health professions education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Topics: Mistakes
#GoldenGirls A doctor from Grady Primary Care in Atlanta, GA shares a twitter thread of a patient conversation – an example about how reactions, listening, and empathy made all the difference.