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If it was medicine it would just be called that. A journey to understand the normalization of innovations – KERCasts

In this final KERCast of the 2020-2021 season, join Dr. Victor Montori in conversation with Dr. Carl May, renowned sociologist and Professor of Medical Sociology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. May’s research focuses on developing a richer theoretical understanding of the normalization of innovations in healthcare and of the notion of burden of treatment and patients as unpaid workers of the healthcare system. Don’t miss this fascinating discussion as Drs. Montori and May deliberate the role of serendipity in shaping one’s career trajectory, the importance of putting in the work to maintain and sustain collaborative relationships and friendships, of behaving well towards yourself, your colleagues, and your data, and the impact of collective action to effect positive change in health care theory, research, and practice.

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Episode 1

Mindfulness and Coaching for Chronic Disease with Roberto Benzo

Roberto P. Benzo, M.D., focuses on the study of how self-awareness, mindfulness and self-management and how they impact chronic diseases and high performance. He founded the Mindful Breathing Lab at Mayo Clinic and holds 5 NIH grants as PI in chronic disease management.

Broadcasted live October 4th, 2020

Episode 2

The Role of Peer Experts in Making Care Fit with Carolyn Canfield

Carolyn Canfield works globally as a citizen-patient to expand opportunities for patients, caregivers and communities to partner with healthcare professionals in research, teaching, improvement and governance.

Broadcasting live October 14th, 2020

Episode 3

Making Care Fit Through SDM at the Point of Care with Marleen Kunneman

Dr. Marleen Kunneman is a Research Associate at LUMC and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She is trained as a Clinical Linguist and obtained her PhD in Medicine in 2016. She has almost a decade of research experience in shared decision making (SDM), and received a personal NWO Veni-grant to research (how to improve) fit of care.

Broadcasted live October 20th, 2020

Episode 4

Patients and their commitment to care with Eelco de Koning

Eelco de Koning is professor of diabetology at the Leiden University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1991. He heads the Leiden Diabetes Center. His two main focus areas are transplantation in diabetes and stimulation of patient self management and participation in diabetes care.

Broadcasted live October 26th, 2020

Episode 5

Purposeful shared decision making
The right tool for the right job with Ian Hargraves

Ian Hargraves PhD is originally from New Zealand Ian holds a Masters and Ph.D. in design from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. His research focuses on the understanding the ways in which shared decision making varies and can be supported across the range of patient problems and situations.

Broadcasted live November 5th, 2020

Episode 6

The nation sets its eyes on patients living with many ongoing conditions

Arlene S. Bierman, M.D., M.S., is director of AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement which consists of four divisions the Evidence-Based Practice Center Program; the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Program; the Division of Health Information Technology and the Division of Practice Improvement and the National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research.

Broadcasted live November 19th, 2020

Episode 7

Using RE-Aims to Conduct
Implementation Research with Russell Glasgow

Russell Glasgow is a Research Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado and Director of the Dissemination and Implementation Science (D&I) Program at the Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS).

Broadcasted live November 23rd, 2020

Episode 8

Reducing the burden of research
for participants with Isabelle Boutron

Isabelle Boutron is professor of epidemiology at the Université de Paris, head of the Methods Team (INSERM- Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre-CRESS). She is director of Cochrane France and co-convenor of the Bias Methods group of Cochrane and member of the SPIRIT-CONSORT executive committee.

Broadcasted live December 2nd, 2020

Episode 9

Trauma Informed Care with Erin Gilmer

Erin Gilmer is a disabled patient advocate and health policy attorney with a passion for health as a human right. Her work focuses on empowering and educating all healthcare stakeholders on a range of crucial issues including trauma informed care, health privacy, access to affordable medications, social determinants of health, patient engagement, and more.

Broadcasted live December 10th, 2020

Episode 10

Artificial intelligence for authentic care with Peter Noseworthy

Peter Noseworthy, MD is a Professor of Medicine and a Cardiac Electrophysiologist specializing in catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. Dr. Noseworthy maintains a federally funded research program centered on improving the care of patients with cardiac arrhythmias.

Broadcasted live December 14th, 2020

Episode 11

Situational literacy and improving inclusion and diversity in care with Doreen Rabi

Dr. Doreen Rabi is a Professor in Medicine and the Head of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Calgary. She is an academic endocrinologist, a health services researcher and an ardent advocate for inclusive medicine. As a leader in Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines, Dr. Rabi is focused on improving person-centered care and the practice of shared decision making through the development of situational literacy.

Broadcasted live December 22nd, 2020

Episode 12

A commitment to supporting self-management of patients with diabetes with Steve Smith

Dr. Steven Smith is an emeritus consultant at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, Divisions of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Metabolism and Health Services Evaluation. His clinical and research interests include the psychology of diabetes, measurements of satisfaction and health status, systems of care delivery for people with diabetes to include the relationship between specialists and generalists, and information management and the development and use of the Diabetes Electronic Management System.

Broadcasting live January 13th, 2021

Episode 13

If it was medicine it would just be called that. A journey to understand the normalization of innovations with Carl May

Carl May Ph.D is Professor of Medical Sociology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK. Carl’s research focuses on developing a richer understanding of the development and implementation of innovative healthcare interventions.

Broadcasted live February 4th, 2021