Dr. Jonathan Weinkle, experienced primary care physician and affiliated faculty member of Religious Studies, has recently started a podcast called "Healing People, Not Patients."
In the latest episode, Weinkle invited students from his Healing and Humanity class to discuss projects they have been working on. Weinkle gives a brief summary of each student pairs' project,
"Sophia Smallwood and Thai-Hy Lam, propose an AI-driven support platform to help patients with iron deficiency anemia feel heard and connected, especially when their symptoms are dismissed. Ryan Ross and Trevor Staab introduce the idea of 'narrative pain consults,' giving young patients uninterrupted time to tell their stories. Finally, Shruti Chandrashekar and Guillermo Cruz explore how using pediatric simulated patients in medical training can improve communication with children and teens."
Across all three projects, students stress that listening to the patients is a vital component of providing care.
Listen to the full episode here:
Healing and Humanity: Ideas for the Next Generation of Medicine | Ep7