Religious Coverings in the OR and ICU: Unveiling the Need for Updates in Medical Education
Academic Medicine Podcast
English - December 05, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness Medicine faculty learners storytelling education medicine physicians policy trainees Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There is growth in speaking up for myself and others in my position, but I do not want to have to sacrifice inner serenity as the price of advocacy.
Rewan Abdelwahab, a third-year medical student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, reflects on the difficulties faced by trainees and staff from underrepresented in medicine groups when resources promoting inclusivity, like religious coverings in the OR, are not provided.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the December 2022 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.