News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Categories: Education
On Friday, Nov. 15, the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics will host a free webinar entitled “Ethics at the Intersection: Discussing End of Life Choices with American Indian and Alaska Native Patients (AI/AN).” UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend the webinar, which begins at noon […]
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) will host a Zoom-based research ethics (rEthics) presentation for research in Indigenous communities on Wednesday, Sept. 25. At the session, Cynthia Pearson, Ph.D., will discuss application of the Belmont Report and the Common Rule in American Indian / Alaska Native […]
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UND’s first-of-its-kind Indians Into Medicine program celebrates a half-century of cultivating Indigenous health providers. Collecting her thoughts, Dr. Adriann Begay frowned slightly as she reflected on the challenge of being a health provider for the Navajo Nation in 2020 and 2021. “It was really, really stressful,” she sighed. Recalling the difficulty of those long months, […]
An interesting and informative article was just published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). It deals with the challenges and successes of four minority students and the impact of various programs aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medical schools across the country. One of our rising fourth-year students, Celeste Colegrove, […]