The Takeaway

We can enhance value to patients by advocating for social justice. Focusing on the issue of food insecurity, an important social determinant to health, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders through value-based care. We learn how to screen for food insecurity and advocate for healthier food choices on behalf of our patients. We also look at the Food Pharmacy at UCSF, which provides an innovative way to address food ins...

Diagnostic reasoning occurs through pattern recognition and the use of heuristics. The use of a cognitive autopsy can be a powerful way to learn from diagnostic errors after mistakes are made. In this episode, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders through diagnostic reasoning and deconstruct how clinicians make decisions. We learn how expert clinicians are able to appreciate that biases exist in the heuristics we use ...

Promoting a culture of psychological safety in teams, a culture in which all team members have the courage and rewards to share their uncertainties and vulnerabilities, can make teams more effective and enjoyable and reduce patient errors. In this episode, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders through interprofessional collaboration. We learn how to promote psychological safety through framing the work, promoting situ...

Sustaining a physician workforce that provides excellent patient care requires wellbeing strategies at the individual, system, and cultural levels. In this episode, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders in promoting wellbeing. Our wellbeing approaches have evolved substantially over the past decade, and trainees and faculty can constantly nurture and foster a culture of wellbeing.

Faculty: Starr Knight, MD
Resident: O...

In this episode, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders in promoting value-based care. Eliminating waste and promoting sustainable practices is a critical skill for all clinicians; in addition to appreciating the health impacts of climate change, we must acknowledge that the health care industry itself contributes to climate change and discuss opportunities to eliminate waste. We discuss how to continually explore our ...

Reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients is a critical skill for all clinicians. In this episode, we explore how residents and fellows can be leaders through promoting value-based care. It can be useful to think of unnecessary costs to patients as financial toxicity, and to understand the impacts of financial toxicity on the health of patients. We also discuss how to have cost conversations with patients and how to advocate for he...