Tag: beyond illness roundtables

Fowaz Hussain Fowaz Hussain (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Wayne State University School of Medicine


Fowaz Hussain is a second year medical student at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.




Beyond Illness Roundtables: Social Justice and Clinicians of the 21st Century

In promoting health justice, our team at Systemic Disease believes it is vital to recognize the connection between bias and adverse health outcomes. We utilized a discussion model provided by In-Training’s Beyond Illness Roundtable toolkit to guide a discussion on such interactions that exist across all interprofessional relationships and those that may cloud, strain and negatively impact individuals from teaching, learning and, above all, healing.

Beyond Illness Roundtables: Conversations in Philadelphia

When I was first invited to host a Roundtable Discussion, I was told that we were supposed to bring together medical students to discuss their idea of a modern physician: What characteristics would they have? What kinds of skills would we want to cultivate in this increasingly technological age? What kind of doctor would be necessary to meet the needs of the health care system now and into the decades ahead?

Andrew Kadlec Andrew Kadlec (5 Posts)

Former Editor-in-Chief (2017-2018) and Former Managing Editor (2015-2017)

Medical College of Wisconsin


Andrew Kadlec is an MD/PhD student at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He received a BA in English literature at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and enjoys all things related to the medical humanities.