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A urologist walks into an exam room to find a patient and his girlfriend. The man won’t look up from his phone, and it turns out his girlfriend has dragged him in to see the doctor about his erectile dysfunction. How would you handle this scenario? In this video, Dr. Andrew Peterson demonstrates how providers can use communication skills to build partnerships with patients. Learn more about patient-centered care in PFC 101: Dignity and Respect.
Biologists and sociologists now agree: race is a social construct, not a genetic category. “[Race] is not relevant to health because of innate differences,” says Dorothy Roberts, a law and sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s relevant because racism affects people’s health.” So why do medical schools still teach doctors to diagnose and treat patients based on a debunked theory of race? A physician and sociologist at the University of Minnesota Medical School is working to change that. Learn more about health equity in our course, TA 102: Improving Health Equity, now free for all learners through the end of the year.
JAMA is calling for papers for the December 2016 issue focused on medical education. They’re looking for proposals on a variety of topics, including medical errors, humanism in medicine, and measuring core competencies. The editors will consider rigorous research as well as viewpoint pieces. Submit by June 1, 2016. Good luck!
A urologist walks into an exam room to find a patient and his girlfriend. The man won’t look up from his phone, and it turns out his girlfriend has dragged him in to see the doctor about his erectile dysfunction. How would you handle this scenario? 
