Comfortable knowing little about lymphoedema? A qualitative study of medical interns in Australia by Samantha Bunzli, Sandra Hayes, Peter Window, Melanie Plinsinga, Natalie Kruger

“…This qualitative study explored the thoughts and feelings of Australian interns (medical graduates in their first postgraduate year) towards (i) their understanding of the lymphatic system and lymphoedema, (ii) curricula pertaining to lymphoedema within their Australian medical degree and (iii) how they perceive that their understanding and medical training in lymphoedema influence their clinical practice.Study design and methods Qualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with interns employed within their first postgraduate year in Australia. …”
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Anti-racist and anti-colonial content within US global health curricula. by Sanemba Aya Fanny, Amy Rule, Heather L Crouse, James C Hudspeth, Bethany Hodge, Marideth Rus, Heather Haq

“…The most represented programs were pediatric residency GH tracks (n = 24, 37%) and emergency medicine (n = 13, 20%), family medicine (n = 4, 6%) and pediatric emergency medicine (n = 6, 9%) GH fellowships. 28% of programs (n = 18) did not have faculty who identify as underrepresented minorities or international medical graduates. 56 programs (86%) had a formal GH pre-departure curriculum. …”
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Identifying the mentorship needs among faculty in a large department of psychiatry- support for the creation of a formal mentorship program by Mary Jane Esplen, Lisa M. Fiksenbaum, Elizabeth Lin, Shaheen A. Darani, John Teshima, Simone N. Vigod, Nicole Kozloff, Peter Szatmari, Krista L. Lanctôt, Certina Ho, Ivan Silver, Sophie Soklaridis, Jiahui Wong

“…Open-ended questions indicated that international medical graduates, faculty identifying as minority, women and clinician teachers may lack access to mentorship. …”
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