Spotlight on Global Health

Dr. Monica Diaz gave a one-hour lecture to residents and medical students today on her experience in Uganda.

Detailing her six weeks serving at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Dr. Diaz addressed her efforts to deliver neurological care while facing the challenges of limited resources, language difficulties and cultural barriers. She discussed specific cases in which her decision-making was contingent on bridging social barriers. In one incidence, she successfully convinced a patient to allow her to do a lumbar puncture despite its associated stigma, as many families in the hospital erroneously attribute clinical worsening from disease progression to the procedure. She also worked with Dr. Abdu Musubire, a physician based at Mulago who was a yearlong visiting scholar at Yale from 2014 to 2015 through the Makarere University Yale University (MUYU) Collaboration.

Dr. Diaz is third-year neurology resident and a Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar. She plans to continue her international work after residency.

Yale Resident Joins ACGME Review Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior resident Dr. Jeffrey Dewey joins the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Review Committee after a rigorous months-long selection process.

The committee plays an important role in upholding education standards for residents nationally. Dr. Dewey will work with other physicians and a public representative to establish accreditation criteria and provide peer evaluations to programs. The committee also serves to ultimately confer accreditation status to residencies. Also serving on the Council of Review Committee Residents, Dr. Dewey hopes to play an active role in shaping the training experience for residents across the country.

He begins his appointment this April.