Anthropology in Medical Education: Sustaining Engagement and Impact
385Anthropology in Medical Education: Sustaining Engagement and Impact
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Overview
• the history of anthropology in medical education;
• humanism, ethics, and the culture of medicine;
• interprofessional and collaborative clinical care;
• incorporating patient perspectives in practice;
• addressing social determinants of health, health disparities, and cultural competence;
• anthropological roles in planning and implementation of medical education programs;
• effective strategies for teaching medical students;
• comparative analysis of systems of care in Japan, Uganda, France, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada and throughout the United States; and
• potential new directions for anthropological engagement with medicine.
The volume overall emphasizes the important role of anthropology in educating physicians throughout the world to improve patient care and population health.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9783030622763 |
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Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
Publication date: | 03/05/2021 |
Edition description: | 1st ed. 2021 |
Pages: | 385 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Dennis Wiedman, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies. Florida International University. Miami, Florida. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in 1979 where he trained in medical anthropology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Employment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine in the Office of Transcultural Education and Research grounded him in clinical anthropology as Director of a Department of Psychiatry community mental health unit. His research interests include Native American health, organizational culture, applying anthropology, and directing culture change. He specializes in social and cultural factors for the global pandemic of Type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome. He teaches medical anthropology, anthropological theory, and ethnohistorical research methods. He is the Founding Director of the FIU Global Indigenous Forum with the mission to bring the Indigenous voice to FIU, South Florida, and the world. During more than a decade in the FIU Provost Office he was the University Accreditation Officer and first Director of Program Review. As lead strategic planner for the university’s first major strategic plan he had a key role in planning and envisioning the new FIU Medical school incorporating medical anthropology principles and a community focus. He served on the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in the practicing/professional seat, and was President of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA). Throughout these academic, applied, and practicing leadership experiences, he consistently published on organizational culture theory and analysis in leading journals and book chapters.