Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) The Harms of Medical Education (And What To Do About Them)

This presentation is a recording of a Stanford Pediatric Grand Rounds Session.  World-renowned experts will present the latest research, practice guidelines, and treatment protocols to advance best practices in the care of pediatric patients. These online recordings will provide pediatricians and family physicians with up-to-date clinical information on a wide range of clinical issues encountered in daily pediatric practice.  In this session, Dr. Benjamin Kinnear discusses the harms of medical education and what to do about them.

  Release Date: December 16, 2022
  Expiration Date: December 15, 2023
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1.0 hour
  Registration Fee: FREE
 *Originally recorded 09/09/2022.

1. Identify ways medical education harms learners.
2. Discuss ideas to mitigate these harms.

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Alan R. Schroeder, MD
Clinical Professor
Stanford University

Co-Course Director

Nothing to disclose

Olivera Marsenic Couloures, MD
LPCH

Course Director and Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Benjamin Kinnear, MD, MEd

Faculty

Debra Babcock, MD
Stanford Childrens (PCHA)

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Lisa Jo Chamberlain, MD
Professor of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics
Stanford Children's Health

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Nothing to disclose

Baraka Dechelle Floyd, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Stanford University School of Medicine

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Nothing to disclose

Charles Gawad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Stanford

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Ownership-BioSkryb Genomics

Allison Guerin, EdD
Stanford

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Nothing to disclose

Mary Beth Leonard, MD, MSCE
Arline and Pete Harman Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University

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Ryan Lion, MD, MS
Stanford University

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Lauren E O'Brien, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
LPCH

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Stephen J Roth, MPH, MD
Attending, Cardiovascular ICU
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

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Nothing to disclose

Stephanie Squires, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
Stanford Health Care/ Stanford Children's Hospital

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Nothing to disclose

Ke-You Zhang, MD
Stanford University

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