During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed doctors and nurses in some places have had to make agonizing decisions about which patients should receive scarce health care resources.
“A global health care workforce crisis exists. Physician assistant/physician assistant comparable (PA/PA-comparable) professions can help fill this gap especially in areas such as obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, and infectious disease.” This is how Mary Showstark, MPAS, PA-C, begins her introductory article in the volume of Social Innovations Journal entitled A Healthcare Workforce Cadre That Meets A Country’s Needs, for which she was guest edition curator and editor.
Yale School of Medicine's (YSM) Cushing/Whitney Medical Library (CMWL) launched a new webpage that aggregates the library's expanding diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) resources.
Over 250 faculty, staff, students, and alumni from across Yale's health professional schools registered to participate in the ninth annual Medical Education Day.