Each year, STAR hosts a Trauma-Informed Care Conference to help educate the next generation of leaders and build a strong network of Trauma-Informed professionals in the state of Georgia. The conference will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 10:00am- 1:00pm EST and Sunday, October 4th , 2020 from 2:00pm-5:00pm EST conducted virtually via Zoom.
The following quote appeared in an editorial in The Lancet on June 13, 2020: "What can medical journals do? Our task is to educate ourselves and others about racism. We must support Black and minority ethnic health workers. And we must use evidence and our values to speak out for Black and minority ethnic communities. The Lancet is a journal with a deep colonial history: the journal has published work that supported the health of settler colonialists and that prioritised their health over...
By Edore Onigu-Otite, Sindhu Idicula, MedEdPORTAL, September 15, 2020 Abstract Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes and predictive of higher sociodemographic risk. Introducing ACEs into undergraduate medical education is key to prevention, early recognition, and intervention. Methods: In a 1-hour lecture, held live and viewed online, we delivered a condensed introduction to ACEs to first-year medical students.
By Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS 1,2 ; Marie C. Haverfield, PhD 2,3 ; Jonathan G. Shaw, MD, MS 1 ; et al January 7, 2020, JAMA. JAMA. 2020;323(1):70-81. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.19003 MOST READ NON-COVID ARTICLES, 2020 Question What are the most promising practices to foster physician presence and connection with patients? Findings This mixed-methods study identified 5 practices that may enhance physician presence and meaningful connection with patients in the clinical encounter: (1) prepare with...
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030043414 On sale through 9/30/2020.
ACEs Aware Seeking Applicants to Support Clinical Work Apply by September 15, 2020 ACEs Aware , led by the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), is hiring for three new positions to further the mission of supporting Medi-Cal providers across California with training, clinical protocols, and payment for screening children and adults for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Aurrera Health Group is the project management...
When we tell future generations about 2020, how will we remember it? Will we remember it as a “rough year,” a year of death and injustice? Or as the year that prompted the renewal of a revolution to move our ideals of health equity for all forward? We, as healthcare providers and institutions, have the power and privilege to dismantle systemic racism in medicine and society and to have a meaningful impact on the well-being of the communities we serve, if we all commit to continuously work toward