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Exclusivity and exclusion: disability discrimination in medical education

Exclusivity and exclusion: disability discrimination in medical education 0 Shares In my medical school admissions essay, I wrote about helping at-risk kids like myself. I wanted to be a child and adolescent psychiatrist, but that wasn’t the main reason for applying. The real reason I applied was for my own personal survival. I needed to learn how to talk to doctors about my symptoms and get an appropriate level of care. For years, my doctors told me that my illnesses and pain were caused by stress; in my gut, I knew a diagnosis was behind it. With the help of the medical education I received, I worked closely with my doctors and was diagnosed with multiple autoimmune disorders and am now receiving treatment.

The Good Listening Project Turns Health Care Workers Stories into Poems

The Good Listening Project Turns Health Care Workers’ Stories into Poems “Poetry is the how of what we do,” says co-founder Kay McKean. “Listening is the why of what we do. “The word tender comes to mind,” says Tamara Wellons, who manages the artist in residence program at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax. In a space on the second floor, near the elevators and escalator, a person sits at a table with a typewriter and an open chair across from her. Two signs read “Listener Poet” and “Tell Us Your Story.” Anyone is welcome to sit and tell their story, Wellons continues. “A caregiver, staff member, or patient: on site, it can be a security guard. It can be anyone in the space who wants to sit down and be with the listener poets.”

Hospitals push Congress for infrastructure funding

Hospitals push Congress for infrastructure funding Hospitals push Congress for infrastructure funding Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images Providers are gearing up for a fight over infrastructure funding, with lobbyists pushing for billions of dollars to modernize and expand facilities, build up the workforce and prepare for the next pandemic. Congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden are working on a $2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill that touches on nearly every sector of the economy. It could represent the biggest investment in healthcare infrastructure seen in decades, particularly for hospitals serving vulnerable communities. Many hospitals that are serving the safety net have not gone through recent upgrades and are really in facilities that were meant for a much smaller patient population, said Carlos Jackson, vice president of legislative affairs for America s Essential Hospitals, which represents safety-net hospitals. With the impact COVID-19 has

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