In this episode, we discuss the Hidden Curriculum with Dr. Jasmine Smith. Our guest highlights the informal curriculum that many students and resident encounter during their training. Dr. Smith shares powerful personal stories from her own journey and tips on how to navigate a new environment which can be used by professionals in any industry.

Show Notes

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[00:00] Intro
  • Introduction to Dr. Brittane Parker
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[02:55] A Step in Your Shoes: The Museum of Tolerance
  • An experience that inspired Dr. Smith to enter medicine
  • Living a life of purpose and advocacy
  • Defining the empathy gap 
[09:50] Defining the Hidden Curriculum ​
[15:16] Having confidence as a novice

[20:38] Feedback vs Value Judgments

[22:20] Recommendations for Learners
  • Be clear about who you are
  • Recognize that there is nothing wrong with you
  • Find out where you can get the information

[25:15] Conflicts between formal education and the culture

[26:15] Addressing the Hidden Curriculum
  • Mentors may feel that they don’t have insight here
  • Put this information in an accessible form (a discussion, a document)
  • Advocate for students in conversation with other facility
  • Make expectations clear for learners

[31:12] How to effectively evaluate trainees

[35:00] Creating your own feedback schedule

[37:08] Practical Points
  • Acknowledge that the Hidden Curriculum exist
  • Be observant and proactive
    • Ask for feedback
    • Ask for expectations early
  • Advocacy 
    • Giving objective feedback
    • Clarifying expectations
    • Ensuring that trainees have the resources and tools to meet expectations

[38:30] Dr. Jasmine Smith leaves us with an additional hidden curriculum topic: responding to discrimination.
  • Dr. Smith shares a very personal story
  • “Don’t let the comments of others question who you are and what you know”
  • Find ways to flip the situation to a positive

[46:50] Continue the conversation online! 
Instagram @thedeishift
Twitter @thedeishift
Email: thedeishift@gmail.com

[47:43] Outro Credits:

Co-hosts/Producers: Dr. Brittäne Parker  and Dr. Quentin Youmans
Executive Producer: Dr. Tammy Lin 
Co-Executive Producers: Dr. Pooja Jaeel, Dr. Tiffany Leung
Senior Producer: Dr. DJ Gaines
Editor: Joanna Jain
Production Assistants: Sarahy Martinez, Ann Truong 
Assistant Producers: Deepti Yechuri 
Website/Art design: Ann Truong
Music: Chris Dingman

Special thanks to: Dr. Jasmine Smith, Twitter: @DrJasmineSmith
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Season 1 of The DEI Shift podcast is proudly sponsored by the American Medical Association's Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women and the American College of Physicians Southern California Region III Chapter. 

The DEI Shift theme music is by Chris Dingman. Learn more at www.chrisdingman.com.

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