Case Presentation: A 68 year-old Spanish-speaking female with PMH of type 2 diabetes mellitus, GERD, and tobacco use presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with one day of acute-onset substernal chest pain associated with nausea/vomiting and bilateral arm numbness L>R. Initial workup revealed CXR with mass-like opacity in the right upper lobe, high sensitivity troponin [...]

Background: Imagine opening your patients’ electronic medical record (EMR) and seeing their stories, as told by them. Would that help you understand your patients better, both their resilience and the barriers they have faced? Systemic structures of oppression and health provider unconscious bias are root causes of racial, gender and class-based health disparities. Storytelling is [...]

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with a history of mood disorder was admitted with acute encephalopathy after friends had requested a welfare check. The patient was found to have nonsensical speech, delusions of alien interaction and possible gait ataxia without other signs of focal neurological deficits. Vitals were within normal limits; no other significant physical [...]

Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established a core competency that requires residents to demonstrate respect and responsiveness to diverse patient populations (1). While the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in graduate medical education (GME) is recognized, establishing an effective curriculum to address these issues is challenging. In pre-survey data [...]