Did you know that there are MED 63 million US adults who are family caregivers? That's one in four of all adults! Family caregivers are key partners to medical care: they help patients adhere to medical recommendations, emotionally support patients, and even provide intensive care like wound care. Indeed, patients with strong family caregiver supports have better medical outcomes. The PRESENCE Center is collaborating with national leader, Dr. Ranak Trivedi to take a closer look at these care partners in this innovative course. In addition to learning about research, practice and policy in this area, students will learn how gender, culture, and social factors influence their interactions with healthcare and medicine. Guest speakers with lived experience will share their experiences. Students will combine these learnings to develop individual or group projects to humanizing family caregivers through art, including but not limited to interviews, photography, poetry, or other medium. All projects will be showcased with a reception at the end of the course which will be open to the community. This course and the showcase benefit from the support of the Office of Medical Education (Stanford) and the Shenson Family Foundation.
1 units · Medical School MD Grades
Did you know that there are 63 million US adults who are family caregivers? That's one in four of all adults! Family caregivers are key partners to medical care: they help patients adhere to medical recommendations, emotionally support patients, and even provide intensive care like wound care. Indeed, patients with strong family caregiver supports have better medical outcomes. The PRESENCE Center is collaborating with national leader, Dr. Ranak Trivedi to take a closer look at these care partners in this innovative course. In addition to learning about research, practice and policy in this area, students will learn how gender, culture, and social factors influence their interactions with healthcare and medicine. Guest speakers with lived experience will share their experiences. Students will combine these learnings to develop individual or group projects to humanizing family caregivers through art, including but not limited to interviews, photography, poetry, or other medium. All projects will be showcased with a reception at the end of the course which will be open to the community. This course and the showcase benefit from the support of the Office of Medical Education (Stanford) and the Shenson Family Foundation.
Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.