Concrete protocols for supporting trainees include convening team meetings, tracking bias incidents, collecting data, and initiating protective changes in culture.
AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(6):E513-520. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2019.513.
Mark Gilbert, PhD, Leanne Picketts, MEd, Anna MacLeod, PhD, and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E556-562. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.556.
Sophia Miao, MD and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This pilot study used phenomenology combined with quantitative measures of self-esteem and self-efficacy to explore influences of storytelling through lyrical and musical composition on youth self-concept.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E576-583. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.576.
Megan Hildebrandt, MFA, Robin N. Richardson, MA, and Joy Scanlon
The Aesthetics of Health undergraduate visual art course at the University of Texas at Austin was designed to enhance art students’ awareness of cancer’s impact.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E590-598. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.590.
To be best able to respond if third parties in assisted reproduction contracts break their terms, physicians should familiarize themselves with the contracts, encourage all parties to self-disclose, and, failing that, disclose material information to the other party.
U.S. courts have ruled that device manufacturer representatives’ presence in the operating room does not make them responsible for the supervision of physicians or liable for the practice of unauthorized medicine.
According to documented studies, patients who have good relationships with their physicians are less likely to file complaints in the event of an adverse medical outcome.