FLASHBACK SERIES: Blog posts written during my medical school days at Pacific Northwest University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS II
Today my research team received notification that our literature review proposal, “Evidence Synthesis of Shared Medical Appointment Implementation as a Humanistic Approach to Patient-Centered Experience” was selected for grant funding from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. This is both humbling and exciting to be a part of the “Mapping the Landscape, Journeying Together” 2015-17 cohort!
Friday, August 21, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
One More Week!
FLASHBACK SERIES: Blog posts written during my medical school days at Pacific Northwest University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
I'm sitting in my final Community Doctoring class of this school year, and my classmate, Zach Featherstone, just finished talking about his challenges and rewards of being deaf. It's so impressive and empowering! Here's a cool video about Zach and his family—check it out: http://youtu.be/Myq4ItcoeVw
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
I'm sitting in my final Community Doctoring class of this school year, and my classmate, Zach Featherstone, just finished talking about his challenges and rewards of being deaf. It's so impressive and empowering! Here's a cool video about Zach and his family—check it out: http://youtu.be/Myq4ItcoeVw
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Cultural Awareness in Medicine
FLASHBACK SERIES: Blog posts written during my medical school days at Pacific Northwest University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
Being an immigrant from Vietnam, I have grown up straddling the American culture and the Vietnamese traditions and customs. I have experienced at firsthand the distrust toward Western Medicine, the aversion to surgical interventions and non-herbal medications, and the tendency to wait until the last possible moment to see a physician. It is with this background that I was able to advocate for my parents and my oldest brother, all of whom faced illnesses that ended in their premature deaths. I explained the medical information with intimate cultural awareness, which also required speaking in their native language in order to clear up misunderstandings of doctor’s comments. Even with these experiences, I still feel that I need to learn more about communicating effectively and respectfully with this culture in order to gain trust, shift perceptions about the health care system, and encourage early intervention in order to attain the best patient outcomes.
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
Being an immigrant from Vietnam, I have grown up straddling the American culture and the Vietnamese traditions and customs. I have experienced at firsthand the distrust toward Western Medicine, the aversion to surgical interventions and non-herbal medications, and the tendency to wait until the last possible moment to see a physician. It is with this background that I was able to advocate for my parents and my oldest brother, all of whom faced illnesses that ended in their premature deaths. I explained the medical information with intimate cultural awareness, which also required speaking in their native language in order to clear up misunderstandings of doctor’s comments. Even with these experiences, I still feel that I need to learn more about communicating effectively and respectfully with this culture in order to gain trust, shift perceptions about the health care system, and encourage early intervention in order to attain the best patient outcomes.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Haiku Reflections on my Early Clinical Experience
FLASHBACK SERIES: Blog posts written during my medical school days at Pacific Northwest University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
On Patient Engagement and Communication Skills, one of AAMC's Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs):
On RWJF's County Health Rankings and Roadmaps:
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
On Patient Engagement and Communication Skills, one of AAMC's Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs):
Medicare Wellness!
Prevention, education –
improved health outcomes.
On RWJF's County Health Rankings and Roadmaps:
Kittitas County –
number 3 in Washington!
Patient-centered care!
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Vulnerable Populations – Violence Against Others
FLASHBACK SERIES: Blog posts written during my medical school days at Pacific Northwest University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
Interpersonal violence occurs when an individual inflicts violence and coercive behavior—including economic control, isolation, and physical, emotional or sexual threats / actions—to gain power and control over another person. National statistics indicate that trauma accounts for 25% of health care visits by homeless patients, with 50% of this population having mental illness.1 Likewise, people with developmental disabilities have a lifetime sexual assault victim rate of 68% - 83% and a 4 - 10X increased risk of becoming a crime victim.2 In addition to abuse by family members or intimate partners, people with disabilities are at risk for abuse by attendants or health care providers. It is important to recognize that the survivor of the abuse is never to blame.
by Kim Ha Wadsworth, OMS I
Interpersonal violence occurs when an individual inflicts violence and coercive behavior—including economic control, isolation, and physical, emotional or sexual threats / actions—to gain power and control over another person. National statistics indicate that trauma accounts for 25% of health care visits by homeless patients, with 50% of this population having mental illness.1 Likewise, people with developmental disabilities have a lifetime sexual assault victim rate of 68% - 83% and a 4 - 10X increased risk of becoming a crime victim.2 In addition to abuse by family members or intimate partners, people with disabilities are at risk for abuse by attendants or health care providers. It is important to recognize that the survivor of the abuse is never to blame.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
