This Is What We Do: Academic Medicine Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented time in our history.
Throughout the past two years, health care workers, educators, and researchers have moved quickly to address the most significant public health crisis in a century — developing therapeutics and treatments, providing patient care in the midst of supply shortages and staff members often stressed beyond capacity, and moving into a remote environment for learning.
In our documentary, Bon Ku, MD, the Marta and Robert Adelson Professor in Medicine and Design at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, speaks with doctors, educators, students, and others across the academic medicine community about how they learned, innovated, and supported each other and their communities during the pandemic. From virtual learning to the speed of getting a vaccine, academic medicine has risen to every challenge because as medical professionals, this is what we do.
This is the story of the pandemic through the eyes of academic medicine.
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Featuring (in order of appearance):
Bon Ku, MD
Marta and Robert Adelson Professor in Medicine and Design, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Dennis Murphy
IU Health
Jamilah Dula-Crawford
University of California, San Francisco
Earic Bonner, MD
Vidant Health
Timothy Delitt, MD
UW Medicine
Karen Rheuban, MD
UVA Health
William Bornstein, MD, PhD
Emory Healthcare
Janis M. Orlowski, MD, MACP
Chief Health Care Officer, AAMC
Alison J. Whelan, MD
Chief Academic Officer, AAMC
Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH
Yale University School of Medicine
Christle Nwora, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Ross McKinney Jr., MD
Chief Scientific Officer, AAMC
Karey Sutton, PhD
Director of Health Equity Research Workforce, AAMC
Director of Research, AAMC Center for Health Justice
Philip Alberti, PhD
Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice
David J. Skorton, MD
President and CEO, AAMC
More Stories From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Organizations from across academic medicine shared their COVID-19 experience with us. Discover how academic institutions across the United States and Canada responded to the pandemic and learn how to join our virtual community to share your institution’s story below.
How Dalhousie Has Played a Key Role in Nova Scotia's Vaccination Efforts
The Life Sciences Research Institute at Dalhousie University became one of Nova Scotia’s 10 cold storage sites as vaccines began rolling out across Canada.
ECU delivers health care to rural and underserved communities
During the pandemic, East Carolina University took its care to places where it was hard for local doctors and other health care professionals to get to patients. (02:09)
Creative Expressions During Times of Uncertainty
The AAMC collected stories, reflections, and poetry, both oral and written, from health care professionals about their experiences related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the movement for racial justice.
Voices of COVID
Throughout the pandemic, Stanford Medicine reported on how members of the Stanford community were responding to COVID-19, whether it was through innovation in processes, caring for patients’ families, or keeping workers protected when supplies were depleted.
A Shot in the Arm
The University of Houston partnered with Walgreens to ensure its frontline workers and most vulnerable populations received vaccines. The University of Houston partnered with Walgreens to ensure its frontline workers and most vulnerable populations received vaccines.
COVID-19 Vaccination: Day One at UI Health Care
University of Iowa (UI) Health Care shows the first day it began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to its employees. (02:44)
WMed Employees and Students Log More Than 1,800 Hours Volunteering at Kalamazoo County COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics
At the Kalamazoo County Expo Center, faculty, students, and staff from Western Michigan University were key in helping to vaccinate the community.
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