Archive: Media and Scholarship
240 Articles
- Scholarship
“Visual Intelligence Education as an Innovative Interdisciplinary Approach for Advancing Communication and Collaboration Skills in Nursing Practice”
Julia Langley and her co-authors made a pilot intervention seeking to integrate visual intelligence skills into nursing education. The pilot suggests that teaching visual…
December 7, 2017
- Media
Natascha de Vasconcellos Otoya Interviewed Professor John McNeill
Natascha De Vasconcellos Otoya, History PhD student and one of our 2021-2022 Research Fellowships recipients, interviewed Professor John McNeill about his work on global…
November 29, 2017
- Media
“Selective Empathy: Stories and the Power of Narrative”, Aminatta Forna on World Literature Today
Aminatta Forna reflects on the power of storytelling, and how it both allows us to understand the worlds of other people, while also reflecting "entire range of views,,…
November 6, 2017
- Media
“Literature’s Lessons for Medical Students”, Daniel Marchalik’s Reflections on the MedStar Health Blog
Drawing from his trajectory studying both medicine and literature, Dr. Daniel Marchalik reflects about the value of applying literature to the medical field in this post on the…
September 18, 2017
- Media
“The Future of Genetics—How Far Is Too Far?”, Claire McDaniel and Daniel Marchalik’s Entry on The Doctor’s Book Club
In this entry on The Doctor’s Book Club, Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Claire McDaniel explore Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Gene: An Intimate History, which traces the long history…
August 10, 2017
- Scholarship
“Failing Better: A New Paradigm of Care”
Dr. Hunter Groninger introduces a Heart Failure Reviews symposium issue that aims to call attention to the rapidly developing interface between heart failure and palliative.…
July 22, 2017
- Media
“The Other Side of Research in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, Claire McDaniel and Daniel Marchalik’s Entry on The Doctor’s Book Club
In this entry on The Doctor’s Book Club, Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Claire McDaniel delve into the history and evolution of bioethics, and its impact on the individuals involved…
July 3, 2017
- Scholarship
“Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Consultation: A Case Study in Expanded Practice”
Dr. Hunter Groninger and his co-authors describe the role of a palliative care chaplain embedded within the interdisciplinary palliative care team, demonstrating how the role of…
May 26, 2017
- Media
Dr. Michael Pottash Writes about Clinicians’ Word Choices on the Better Healthcare Blog
Dr. Michael Pottash writes about the use of nonspecific words amongst clinicians when communicating prognosis to patients, families and other medical providers, and suggests that…
April 22, 2017
- Scholarship
“Poor Prognostication: Hidden Meanings in Word Choices”
The absence of a standardised language to express prognostic information can be a barrier for providing realistic information to patients and their families. The team of…
April 21, 2017