The University of Global Health Equity aims to provide the tools and technology to develop the skills students need to improve fragile health systems.

Patients’ experiences of darkness and doubt can be replaced by a sense of buoyancy and lightness. Color and movement convey a patient’s sense of striving, aspiration, and optimism.

Ethical stakes include a psychiatrist’s care management responsibilities and burdens borne by family members over the course of the patient’s care.

Single-procedure interventions with minimal follow-up and clear quality-of-life gain are well suited for surgical mission trips. But not all risks and benefits are easily assessed.

Global health outreach programs can risk benefitting students from resource-rich areas of the world more than the patients in resource-poor areas of the world. This month’s episode of Ethics Talk explores an alternative to academic health center-based health outreach programs.

Two digital photo-paintings address AI applications in medicine narratively and visually, with special emphasis on communication, compassion, and competence.

Dr. Oz’s advice has raised ethical questions about medicine as a profession, its evidentiary standards, and its role in maintaining public trust.

How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits?

This collection of drawings offers a visual exploration of compassion, respect, and dignity in clinical relationships and encounters.

What can American health systems developers learn from abroad? Leading programs draw on global lessons to build sustainable and effective care in the US.