Giving Rise to a Greater Future
Gathering in-person sparked meaningful dialogue about the most important issues facing us today. Thank you to the AAMC for bringing us all together in Nashville for Learn Serve Lead 2022. We look forward to seeing you next year in Seattle for AAMC Learn Serve Lead 2023.
Featured Shows
Listen to some of the thought-provoking conversations we had in Nashville
Rethinking Population Health Care and Education
Dec 09, 2022 - There’s no doubt that population health is a buzz word in health care. But if we truly want to change the way we care for patients to address the specific needs of certain populations, then we also need to change the way we educate students to prepare them for this new model of care. The Population Health Scholars Program at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine does just that. By partnering with Intermountain Healthcare, the program provides medical students with foundational knowledge, practical experience, longitudinal mentoring, guaranteed work, and tuition relief. Sound too good to be true? Learn more.
Grappling with Post-Pandemic Burnout and Trauma
Dec 04, 2022 - For many, the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic, an EDI reckoning, and record levels of burnout have radically changed the way we think about our professional and personal lives. With burnout, trauma, and exhaustion still prevalent in health care and academic medicine, have we really moved past the pandemic? Can we ever return to “normal?” And what lessons have the last two-and-a-half years taught us about resiliency for individual employees and the collective workforce?
Doing the Work: EDI as a Shared Responsibility
Dec 05, 2022 - For many, the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic, an EDI reckoning, and record levels of burnout have radically changed the way we think about our professional and personal lives. With burnout, trauma, and exhaustion still prevalent in health care and academic medicine, have we really moved past the pandemic? Can we ever return to “normal?” And what lessons have the last two-and-a-half years taught us about resiliency for individual employees and the collective workforce?
The Power of Diversity in Medicine
Dec 08, 2022 - Teaching cultural competency only gets you so far in medicine. It’s made us nicer, posits one physician, but it hasn’t really addressed health disparities and inequities. Instead, training more diverse students to be part of health care teams builds trust all around and creates a more holistic understanding of a patient’s needs. It also inspires more diversity. As they say: You can only be what you can see. Listen in as a medical student and his mentor discuss the promising future of an increasingly diverse workforce.
Reducing the Distance Between Patient and Provider
Dec 06, 2022 - What happens when you give a medical student the opportunity to care for a family for four years—in their own home? A lot. The physical and emotional distance between a patient and provider disappears. If the patient has an infestation, the provider is now experiencing it as well. If the patient has a leaky roof, the water is now dripping on the provider’s head, too. Sound like a pipe dream? Listen in to find out how two visionaries are training tomorrow’s doctors by creating shared experiences and focusing on a family’s most urgent needs.
Personal Identity and the Philosophy of Caring
Dec 05, 2022 - The profession of medicine is rooted in an ancient foundation of character and caring. But how does the Hippocratic Oath pertain to modern health care and the complex ecosystem of academic medicine? Have today’s doctors drifted from their original mission? And what role does professional identity development play in the training of tomorrow’s clinicians? While medical school is characterized as a high-pressure environment aimed at academic achievement, programs like RealMD bring students, faculty, and staff together to support and challenge one another to maintain a focus on one’s highest purpose in medicine.
Finding the Right Balance as a Medical Student
Dec 03, 2022 - Medical school isn't easy—the work is complex, the schedule is demanding, and students need mental endurance to balance all of their responsibilities. But with the right support, they can find meaning in everyday tasks—and inspiration in the relationships they make in class and at conferences like AAMC Learn Serve Lead.
Meeting Local Needs, in Wisconsin and Utah
Dec 02, 2022 - Health care and medical education have traditionally been centered in big cities. But 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas—and only 5% of applicants to medical school come from those same rural areas. Two leaders in academic medicine discuss pathways at their respective schools and ideas they can share to get better together.
