MedEdPORTAL

Structural and interpersonal expressions of racism afflict health care, whether manifesting as social determinants of health, policies that create health disparities, or diagnostic algorithms that bias treatment decisions. Racism also underlies discriminatory mistreatment of students, trainees, and physicians and the underrepresentation of non-whit... e identities in medicine. MedEdPORTAL invites submissions that work toward dismantling racism within our profession through training and education. Telehealth is defined as the use of electronic communications technology to provide care at a distance, including patient portals, eConsults, video visits, and remote patient monitoring. As health systems increasingly use telehealth to provide care delivery, it is important to disseminate best practices across the field, promoting their integration into training and curricula across the continuum. MedEdPORTAL invites generalizable teaching and learning activities with a focus on telehealth education. The number of emerging technologies that have the potential to significantly improve both educational delivery and patient care in the field of dental medicine is expanding at a rapid rate. MedEdPORTAL encourages submissions of these emerging didactic and clinical technologies as academic dentistry should be leading efforts in this area to both advance clinically focused teaching and promote research into innovations intended to improve patient outcomes.Read More