SMFP Newsletter
Dr.Thuy Bui, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Social Medicine Fellows Program (SMFP) announces the SMFP First Edition Newsletter
Dr.Thuy Bui, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Social Medicine Fellows Program (SMFP) announces the SMFP First Edition Newsletter
Social medicine seeks to understand and influence the social, political, and economic factors that profoundly affect the health of individuals and communities. Given that up to 90% of health outcomes are determined by social factors, the importance of the social determinants of health in shaping the course of illness cannot be overstated. Health disparities are a major public health concern and injustice in the United States and globally, and the medical profession in particular has a responsibility to work to eliminate social inequities. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s (UPSOM) Social Medicine Fellows Program (SMFP) is a new initiative that trains medical students for careers as leaders who bridge academic medical institutions and traditionally underserved communities. Medical students selected in their first year partner for the duration of their medical school training with an underserved community, where they participate in service learning, research, and advocacy in accordance with community needs and assets. Through their membership on the SMFP Advisory Board, representatives of UPSOM and community partners share stewardship of the educational process, which is guided by the principles of community-based participatory research and grounded in structural competency theory.
Period 1 March MS1 – December MS2 |
Period 2 January MS2 – December MS3 |
Period 3 January MS3 – April MS4 |
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Recognizing the structures that shape clinical interactions |
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Developing an extra-clinical language of structure |
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Rearticulating “cultural” presentations in structural terms |
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Observing and imagining structural intervention |
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Developing structural humility |
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Thuy Bui, MD
Director, Social Medicine Fellows Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Representatives:
Ann Thompson, MD, MCCM
Vice Dean
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Joan Harvey, MD
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Chenits Pettigrew, EdD
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Director of Diversity Programs
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Steven Albert, PhD, MS
Professor and Chair
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Community Representatives / Advisors:
Michael Yonas, DrPH
Sr. Program Officer, Research & Special Initiatives
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Fred Brown, PhD
President & CEO
Homewood Children’s Village
Karen Hacker, MD, MPH
Director
Allegheny County Health Department
Potential Faculty Research Mentors (among others):
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
Brian Primack, MD, PhD
Judy Chang, MD, MPH
Leslie Hausmann, PhD, CHERP/VA
Esa Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Kevin Kraemer, MD, MSc
SMFP liaison with the Scholarly Program
Judy Chang, MD
A special thank you to the students who started SMFP
Alyssa Bruehlman
Claire Paduano
Collin Schenk
Breonna Slocum