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Patient-Reported Value Of A Standardized Welcome Letter For Huntington Disease Clinic, Kirthan S. Reddy, Shayan Abdollah Zadegan, Jorge Patino, Frank Ramirez, Amber Mccarthy, Natalia Pessoa Rocha, Erin Furr Stimming

Teaching in Clinics

Communication is an essential component of patient satisfaction, which can be especially challenging in patients with neurobehavioral symptoms. As an effective form of communication, Patient Welcome Letter (PWL) should be designed in a way to cover a wide range of literacy. We designed a PWL for our Huntington Disease (HD) clinic using readability and suitability measures. Of the 80 patients that received the PWL, 47 filled out the survey. A majority of patients (>90%) found the PWL clear, understandable, and well-organized. The PWL was deemed valuable overall by 91.4% of participants.

The Effect Of An Intersectionality Elective On The Perceived Self-Efficacy Of Medical Students In Addressing Health Inequity, Patrick Rollo, Noel Higgason, Kaitlyn Stark, Amina Aslam, Mason Motakef, Olivia Kerr, Asia Mccleary-Gaddy

Teaching in Clinics

Background: Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that contextualizes an individual’s experience as more than the sum of their cultural identifiers.

Aims: The current study investigates the effect of a 10-week intersectionality curriculum supplemented with student-led discussions on medical students’ self-efficacy in addressing bias and health inequity.

Methods: First- and second-year medical students volunteered to participate in a ten-week pilot elective entitled “Intersectionality in Medicine.” Participants enrolled in the course were required to complete a ten-minute online pre-elective and post-elective survey.

Results: Results showed that after completing the elective, medical students were significantly more confident in identifying their personal biases, assessing …

Uthealth Quality Symposium 2023 Abstracts-2, Salih Selek

Teaching in Clinics

UTHealth Quality Symposium 2023 Abstracts

Uthealth Quality Symposium 2023 Abstracts-1, Salih Selek

Teaching in Clinics

UTHealth Quality Symposium 2023 Abstracts

A Review Of Recent Update In Acgme Faculty Qualifications, Salih Selek

Teaching in Clinics

A Review on Update of ACGME Faculty Qualifications